General equation for production of an ester...?
R-COOH + R-OH > H2O+
but i don't know what the rest would be. can someone help?
Answer:
You are reacting the H from your acid with the OH of your alcohol. Bump that R left from your alcohol to where your removed the hydrogen on your acid.
not sure but i kno in order to have an ester u need a..
O
-C-O-
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Actually, the O of the alcohol (R'-OH) reacts with the C of the acid (R-COOH) to form a reaction intermediate where the C of the acid is bonded to R and 3 O atoms. The OH group of the original acid is then expelled and reacts with the H remaining from the alcohol to for H2O.
R-COOH + R'OH --> [ R-C(O)(OH)-O(H)R' ] --> R-COO-R' + H2O
The species in square brackets is the reaction intermediate. The ester formula is R-COO-R'
You are correct with your equation. The other product would be RCOOR
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