Virtual Lab Video:
The following videos (Part 1 and 2) are a demonstration of this experiment on Esterification:
Watch the videos and answer the following 5 questions in the text box below:
Part one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PpAlXhPui4
Part two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZihAbRiFlNs
What is the point of adding a small amount of sulfuric acid to the mixture?
What is the problem of applying heat to the bottom of the flask?
What are two disadvantages to performing this ester synthesis?
What is the purpose of adding the sodium carbonate solution to the mixture?
What is the purpose of adding magnesium sulfate to the ester layer?
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