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Flashcards by olliebignell, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by olliebignell
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| Question | Answer |
| Making Esters | Esterification - making an Ester by reacting a Carboxylic Acid with an Alcohol. Esters can also be made by reacting an Anhydride with an alcohol |
| Hydrolysing esters (alcohol) | Esters can be hydrolysed using water and an acid catalyst. (this takes them back into their constituent alcohol and carboxylic acid). |
| Hydrolysing Esters (Alkali) | Esters can be broken down using Aqueous NaOH. This breaks the Ester down into an alcohol and a carboxylic salt (CooNa) instead of COOH) |
| Ester functional group | O || R - C - O-R |
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