7.4.4.1.2 - Esterification
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What is esterification?
💡 Hint: Think about the components involved in the reaction.
Name one application of esters.
💡 Hint: Consider what smells good or tastes sweet.
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What do alcohols and carboxylic acids produce when they react?
💡 Hint: What are the products when you combine these two reactants?
True or False: Esterification is a reversible reaction.
💡 Hint: Consider how the reaction proceeds.
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Propose an esterification reaction using butanol and acetic acid and draw the structural formula of the ester formed.
💡 Hint: Identify the functional groups before and after the reaction.
Explain why the reaction of phenol with acetic anhydride is preferred over acetic acid for forming phenyl acetate.
💡 Hint: Consider the effect of the functional groups present.
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