What Is the Structure for the Ester Formed From Acetic Acid and Ethanol?
Question by sess0r: What is the structure for the ester formed from acetic acid and ethanol?
Polyesters are often made from dicarboxylic acids and diols. In this case, one molecule (salicylic acid) provides both the “alcohol” and the carboxylic acid.
This question is from my Organic Chemistry lab and I have no clue how to answer it, even a point in the right direction would be helpful. ;)
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Answer by Kevin H
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CH3COH + HOCH2CH3 —-> CH3COOCH2CH3 + H2O
Yay dehydration rxns
Anyway, polyesters just follows the above rxn, but it reacts with itself, thus “polyesters”
Answer by indiavision
CH3COOH + C2H5OH ======> CH3 – COOC2H5
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