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[*] posted on 3-7-2007 at 09:59
Esterification question

Hi everyone,

An alkylhalide wil react with a organic acid salt to give an ester.

E.g. ethylbromide wil react with potasium acetate to give ethyl-acetate + BrK, but since one is polar and the other is non polar, how it could be done? Shaking will work?

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[*] posted on 3-7-2007 at 14:39


Phase transfer catalyst comes to mind..........solo



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[*] posted on 3-7-2007 at 14:57


Thank you, Solo.
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