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Ethyl Acetate to Ethanol?
Ethyl acetate is made from ethanol and Acetic acid, correct? Shouldn't I be able to get ethanol from it by adding something like NaOH or KOH? Would
the result be ethanol and sodium acetate or potassium acetate? I have seen some posts on the web stating that it would result in Ethanol and Acetic
Acid but I'm not sure how that is possible as the K or Na are added to the solution.
Either way, if K/Na acetate or Acetic Acid are a result (plus ethanol obviously) then the only way to separate would be distillation or correct?
Would the ethanol be 200 proof and pure (for reactions)?
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And use the search engine to find...
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=29728
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Just add some HCl and water to it to it and gently heat it.
CH3COOC2H5+H2O ----HCl------> CH3COOH+C2H5OH (hcl is catalyst)
and seperate both from each other
And u r done hoooorrraay!!
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Quote: Originally posted by idrbur  | Just add some HCl and water to it to it and gently heat it.
CH3COOC2H5+H2O ----HCl------> CH3COOH+C2H5OH (hcl is catalyst)
and seperate both from each other
And u r done hoooorrraay!!
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If you use sodium hydroxide, it is far, far easier to separate the ethanol from the sodium acetate than it is to try to separate it from acetic acid.
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If "it" is acetic acid and ethanol, the product is ethyl acetate. That arrow actually goes both ways.
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Just curious as to what you searched for to find that? I did a search but probably didn't know the proper terms. I did search for ethyl acetate to
ethanol and got 2 pages but most didn't seem to have anything to do with the conversion, they just were mentioned in the thread.
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