Question

What is esterification?

Answer 1

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ᴇsᴛᴇʀɪғɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪs ᴀ ᴄʜᴇᴍɪᴄᴀʟ ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ғᴏʀᴍs ᴀᴛ ʟᴇᴀsᴛ ᴏɴᴇ ᴇsᴛᴇʀ (= ᴀ ᴛʏᴘᴇ ᴏғ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇᴅ ʙʏ ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴀᴄɪᴅs ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟᴄᴏʜᴏʟs). ᴇsᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇᴅ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴀᴄɪᴅs ᴀʀᴇ ʜᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀʟᴄᴏʜᴏʟs ɪɴ ᴀ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇss ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅᴇsᴛᴇʀɪғɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. ᴀɴ ᴇsᴛᴇʀ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ʙʏ ᴀɴ ᴇsᴛᴇʀɪғɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴀ ᴄᴀʀʙᴏxʏʟɪᴄ ᴀᴄɪᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀɴ ᴀʟᴄᴏʜᴏʟ.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Esterification is a chemical reaction that forms at least one ester (= a type of compound produced by reaction between acids and alcohols). Esters are produced when acids are heated with alcohols in a process called esterification. An ester can be made by an esterification reaction of a carboxylic acid and an alcohol. A common one is called the Fischer esterification, which is when excess/xs alcohol reacts with a carboxylic acid in (other) acid. Here is an example of a general carboxylic acid reacting with a general alcohol in HCl : Under these conditions, the regular alcohol can act as a good nucleophile.