Acid + Alcohol

jin.cao

hi
i have the following reaction

isobutyric acid + 2-methoxyethanol <-> 2-methoxyethyl-2-methylpropanoate

but i don't know all of the by-products.

please help thanks

edit: i think is only water and some unreacted reactants?

rock.freak667

Acid is RCOOH and the alcohol is R'OH. Yes water will be a by-product. But how do you get water from this? (The -OH from the acid and the H from the alcohol bond together to form the water) What you are left with will form the other product.


(btw were there any conditions for this reaction?)

jin.cao

no, because i am suppose to make procedure to create the product
so i will have to change the condition to shift equilibrium to the right side i guess...

why?

rock.freak667

Because an acid and alcohol react to give ester and water in the presence of H+ as a catalyst.

jin.cao

thanks for confirm, rock

~christina~

Just to name what your doing (basically acid catyzed dehydration of an alcohol is what your doing).