Why hcl is used in saponification reaction?
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the answer to your question is that HCl does NOT interact with ethyl acetate directly, but gets ridof all the excess, pesky OH-'sthat are driving the reaction.
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In this question, we are asked to tell why HCl is used in saponification reactions.
- According to the definition of saponification, it is a "hydration reaction where free hydroxide breaks the ester bonds between the fatty acids and glycerol of a triglyceride, resulting in free fatty acids and glycerol," both of which are soluble in water.
- By reacting with water and a base, esters can be split back into a carboxylic acid and an alcohol. From the Latin Sapo, which signifies soap, the reaction is known as saponification. The name is derived from the fact that fats were once hydrolyzed into esters to produce soap.
- Without all those available free OH-s, the reaction moves much more slowly and seems to come to a standstill. Therefore, the solution to your query is that HCl does not directly interact with ethyl acetate but instead removes all the extra, bothersome OH-s fueling the reaction.
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