wireshark - 19-9-2013 at 23:16
I'm wondering if mixing 1 equiv. calcium hydroxide with 2 equiv. ethyl acetate, and heating to the bp of ethanol (possibly driving the reaction
forward?), will leave you with calcium acetate.
Only reason I ask is that the only identification tool I have is my nose, and the calcium salt smells just like the sodium one. Plus I haven't found
anything about this. (I don't really need to make such a basic chemical. It's more curiosity than anything so it's not a big deal if you ignore this.)
Oscilllator - 19-9-2013 at 23:41
howabout you take 30 seconds to look up the boiling points of ethyl acetate and ethanol and then adjust your post accordingly.
Also why not just put the reagents in a test tube and heat? its not like the reagents are expensive.