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1 Esterification

2 Introduction Esterification is the general name for a chemical reaction in which two reactants (typically an alcohol and an acid) form an ester as the reaction product. For example: Acetic acid in excess ethanol (possibly as the solvent) in the presence of concentrated sulfuric acid as a catalyst results in an ester (ethyl acetate).

3 Reversibility? Esterification is a reversible reaction
The reversed reaction is called Hydrolysis. As a result of this reversibility, many Esterification reactions are equilibrium reactions. Esterifications are among the simplest and most often performed organic transformations.

4 ESTERS SMELL GOOD. Like this.

5 Scent Esters can be described as having a fruity smell, the functional group for an ester is this:


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