Timeline for Alkaline Ester Hydrolysis Reaction
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| Jan 16, 2017 at 15:20 | answer | added | DHMO | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 1:44 | comment | added | user3788874 | Okay, thanks for that. Would you also be able to tell me where I can find an experimental setup for this type of reaction so I can actually do it? I am having a bit of ytrouble finding something online with actual measurements for things. | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 1:28 | comment | added | SendersReagent | My bad. Jerepierre is correct. pH would definitely go down. But it wouldn't be a carboxylic acid. You would still end up on with pH>7. | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 1:14 | comment | added | user3788874 | Looking at the mechanism properly. At the start when it is only dilute NaOH, it is pH basic. But when I add the ester, it will react and form an alcohol and carboxylic acid, which is acidic. So wouldn't the pH of the final solution be lower than the start? | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 0:38 | comment | added | user3788874 | Just any reaction where I can see a pH change that I can use with an ester. And how would I write out the mechanism? I am a beginner with organic chem, are there any websites you could recommend to be able to write out the mechanism? | |
| Feb 1, 2016 at 23:59 | comment | added | jerepierre | The pH will definitely change... Write out the mechanism to see why. | |
| Feb 1, 2016 at 23:53 | comment | added | user3788874 | Okay, thanks for replying. Is there some reaction that you can do with esters that will allow a change in pH? | |
| Feb 1, 2016 at 23:38 | comment | added | SendersReagent | Assuming this is in water. The pH shouldn't change much because the pKa of alkoxides in water are pretty much the same as that of water itself. | |
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| Feb 1, 2016 at 23:15 | history | asked | user3788874 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |