Esters and Esterification
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what happens in esterification?
Is when a carboxylic acid reacts with a primary/secondary alcohol to produce and ester and water byproduct
What are the 2 conditions for esterification to happen?
Need and acid catalyst
Heat under reflux
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?
Name alcohol first
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
Note 
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