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knarl
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Gday Guys,
OK, I have a few queries regarding the hydrolysis of ethyl ethanoate:
Firstly, hydrolysing ethyl ethanoate(acetate) using sodium hydroxide solution:
CH3COOCH2CH3 + NaOH ----> CH3COONa + CH3CH2OH
ethyl ethanoate sodium hydroxide sodium ethanoate ethanol
Would I be right to think using bicarb (NaHCO3) would change the reaction to this (I'm just drawing from high school chem that was a few years ago):?
CH3COOCH2CH3 + NaHCO3 ----> CH3COONa + CH3CH2OH + CO2
In the same way bicarb produces CO2 in its acid base reactions?
If so, do you think it would be a fast reaction to hydrolyse traces of ethyl ethanoate in a solution of 40% ethanol by volume in water by adding excess sodium bicarbonate and heating to boiling?
Cheers,
knarl.
OK, I have a few queries regarding the hydrolysis of ethyl ethanoate:
Firstly, hydrolysing ethyl ethanoate(acetate) using sodium hydroxide solution:
CH3COOCH2CH3 + NaOH ----> CH3COONa + CH3CH2OH
ethyl ethanoate sodium hydroxide sodium ethanoate ethanol
Would I be right to think using bicarb (NaHCO3) would change the reaction to this (I'm just drawing from high school chem that was a few years ago):?
CH3COOCH2CH3 + NaHCO3 ----> CH3COONa + CH3CH2OH + CO2
In the same way bicarb produces CO2 in its acid base reactions?
If so, do you think it would be a fast reaction to hydrolyse traces of ethyl ethanoate in a solution of 40% ethanol by volume in water by adding excess sodium bicarbonate and heating to boiling?
Cheers,
knarl.