Esters and Esterification

what happens in esterification?

Is when a carboxylic acid reacts with a primary/secondary alcohol to produce and ester an water byproduct

What are the 2 conditions for esterification to happen?

Need an acid catalyst (e.g phosphoric acid)

Heat under reflux

What does heating under reflux mean?

Heating the reaction mixture at a constant temperature for a long time, and condensing any vapors being produced

Explain why phosphoric acid is used in esterification

To be a catalyst

Name this ester according to IUCPAC rules

Ethylbutanoate

What are the steps to naming an ester?

1. Name alcohol first

2. Then count the carbons in the longest carbon chain

Name this ester

MethylEthanoate

What is the suffix for esters?

-oate

What happens when water is added to an ester (methylethanoate) ?

Hydrolysis occurs

And a carboxylic acid and an alcohol is produced

(Ethanoic acid and Methanol)

What happens when an alkaline (e.g SodiumHydroxide) is added to an Ester?

A salt and acid is produced

Give structural formulas for the product/s produced in the reaction between ethanol and ethanoic acid. And state the type of reaction it is