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2.0 Carbon Compounds: 2.7 Analysing Esters
2.0 Carbon Compounds: 2.7 Analysing Esters
0 CARBON COMPOUNDS
2.7 ANALYSING ESTERS
General Formula
Natural Sources
& uses in daily life
Functional Group
7
Esterification
reactions
ESTERS
3
4
Physical Properties
Of Ethyl Ethanoate
Structure Formulae
Preparation in lab
CnH2n+1COOCmH2m+1
n = 0, 1, 2, .
m = 1, 2, 3, .
+
HOCmH2m+1
m = 1, 2, 3, .
( alcohol )
Eg.
O
H H
H--C--O--C--CH
H H
Ethyl methanoate
Eg.
Eg.
OO
R--R---C---O--C---O---RR
Carboxylate
Carboxylate
Group
Group
----COO
COO----
H H
H--C--O--C--C--H
H H
Ethyl methanoate
R--C--O--H + H--O--R
Carboxylic acid
alcohol
H2SO4
R--C--O--R
ESTER
Ethyl methanoate
H 2O
water
Sweet
Sweet
pleasant
pleasant
smell
smell
Colourless
Colourless
liquids
liquids
Boiling
Boilingpoint
point
lower
lowerthan
than
carboxylic
carboxylic
acid
acid
Dissolve in
organic
solvents
Slightly
Slightly
soluble
solublein
in
water
water
7.0 Esterification
reactions
H--C--O--H + H--O--CH3
methanoic acid
methanol
H--C--O--CH3
H 2O
methyl methanoate
water
Ethyl methanoate
Sourcers :
Fruits & flower
Uses :
n-pentyl ethanoate / CH3COOC5H11 bananas flavour
Finish
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