Why is water needed to remove via azeotrope. In a fischer esterification.

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anonymous · Answer

What you are asking about is way over my head, but I looked around and found this: http://www.organic-chemistry.org/namedreactions/fischer-esterification.shtm Check it out. It may help.

anonymous · Answer

yeah i was at the same website, but it doesnt explain to me much. Thank you though =)

abb0t · Answer

Are you familiar with what that is?

anonymous · Answer

basically once you get the product you dissolve the product into a solution then recrystal it so get a purer product

aaronq · Answer

in a fisher esterification you produce water, to increase the extent of the reaction, i.e. the yield, you distill off the water produced.