8 Esters and Esterification
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Esters (alkyl alkanoates) are prepared by reacting an alkanol with an alkanoic acid:
alkanol
+ alkanoic acid
→ alkyl alkanoate (ester) + water
R'OH + RCOOH → RCOOR' (ester) + H2O
Details
- Publication Date
- Sep 26, 2014
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781326029685
- Category
- Science & Medicine
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Lucas Verhelst
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