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Esterification is a chemical reaction of an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid acid] with an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol alcohol] (R'OH) to form an ester (RCOOR'). | Esterification is a chemical reaction of an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid acid] with an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol alcohol] (R'OH) to form an ester (RCOOR'). | ||
Usually esterification refers to reaction between an organic (carboxylic) acid (RCOOH) with an alcohol (R'OH) to form an ester (RCOOR') and water and called Fischer esterification. | Usually esterification refers to reaction between an organic (carboxylic) acid (RCOOH) with an alcohol (R'OH) to form an ester (RCOOR') and water and called '''Fischer esterification'''. | ||
The chemical reaction for Fischer esterification is given below: | The chemical reaction for Fischer esterification is given below: | ||
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EsterificationEsterification
Esterification is a chemical reaction of an acid with an alcohol (R'OH) to form an ester (RCOOR'). Usually esterification refers to reaction between an organic (carboxylic) acid (RCOOH) with an alcohol (R'OH) to form an ester (RCOOR') and water and called Fischer esterification. The chemical reaction for Fischer esterification is given below:
Esterification of fatty acid with ethanolEsterification of fatty acid with ethanol
Esterification of fatty acid with ethanol |
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The animation was originally done by Prof. Dr. Verena Pietzner; for details, see her web site ChiLe[1]. The implementation into Proteopedia was done by Prof. Jaime Prilusky, Prof. Joel L. Sussman and Veronika Pelekhov.
See alsoSee also
SN1 reaction: Substitution of Cl− and tert-Butanol
SN2 reaction: substitution of Cl− and methanol