Isopentyl acetate- banana

How to put together a reflux apparatus?

heating at one end, cooling at the other

vac grease at bottom joint- btwn round bottom flask and condenser

clamp at the neck of the round bottom flask

What is the purpose of heating to reflux?

it is when vapor is being recondensed to the liquid

What is the theoretical yield of this reaction?

4. What are the significant IR peaks from reactant to product?

ester group

Which functional group(s) react in a fischer esterification reaction?

Alcohol and craboxylic acid

Which technique will achieve the long-term heating necessary for this reaction?

reflux

Which of the following remain(s) constant during reflux?

temperature of reaction and volume of solvent

What is the 1st step procedure for this reaction?

secure the reaction mixture by clamping round bottom flask neck

2nd step

heat reaction mixture to reflux

3rd

separate rection mixture with DI water

4th

collect IR spectra

Catalyst used in this lab experiment

phosphoric acid

primary hazard to using concentrated acids?

corrosive