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Esterification- Evaluation Error

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone could give me some help regarding an esterification reaction lab report. I have been given feedback to include loss through transference from glassware to glassware and how to rectify this. One solution would be to use another solvent that could be easily distilled from the ester to rinse glassware throughout, but I am unsure what solvent would be best to use. The ester was formed using butan-1-ol and ethanoic acid. Thanks in advance for any advice.
Original post by chloe9613
Hi, I was just wondering if anyone could give me some help regarding an esterification reaction lab report. I have been given feedback to include loss through transference from glassware to glassware and how to rectify this. One solution would be to use another solvent that could be easily distilled from the ester to rinse glassware throughout, but I am unsure what solvent would be best to use. The ester was formed using butan-1-ol and ethanoic acid. Thanks in advance for any advice.

Looking at a solvent miscibility table and checking boiling points, butanol and ethanoic acid both are miscible with acetone (systematically named propanone), which has a substantially lower boiling point than either of the aforementioned solvents (acetone has a B.P of 56°C, both butan-1-ol and ethanoic acid have B.P’s of about 118°C and butyl ethanoate has a B.P of about 126°C).

I would recommend acetone.
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Original post by UtterlyUseless69
Looking at a solvent miscibility table and checking boiling points, butanol and ethanoic acid both are miscible with acetone (systematically named propanone), which has a substantially lower boiling point than either of the aforementioned solvents (acetone has a B.P of 56°C, both butan-1-ol and ethanoic acid have B.P’s of about 118°C and butyl ethanoate has a B.P of about 126°C).
I would recommend acetone.

That is amazing. Thank you so much for your recommendation; it's appreciated!

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