Slash
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Acetic acid and Ethanol from Ethyl Acetate
It's all pretty much in the title. I find my self in need of Ethanol and Acetic Acid and have access to Ethyl Acetate.
Am i crazy in thinking i could just buy the AcOEt, saponificate and distill off the EtOh ?
Or is there an azeotrope of some kind ?
[Edited on 9-3-2012 by ScienceSquirrel]
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Adas
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It is not really a saponification, but NaOH and EtOAc yields ethanol and NaOAc. The answer is YES!
Rest In Pieces!
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Slash . . .this video could be of use; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzgWq7Dtn3U
"Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." Winston Churchill
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Slash
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Thanks Hexavalent, just what i needed.
To think i'm already subscribed to this guy..
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Hexavalent
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Haha
The world is your oyster, you just have to find your way around. . . .yeah, that sounded better in my head!
"Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." Winston Churchill
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