Working on a couple post lab questions for a Fischer Esterification lab. Would a

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Working on a couple post lab questions for a Fischer Esterification lab. Would appreciate an explanation with the answer. Thanks.

1. In the preparation of isopentyl acetate, what was the purpose of:

a. Washing the organic layer with saturated sodium bicarbonate?

b. Washing the organic layer with saturated sodium chloride?

c. Treating the organic layer with anhydrous sodium sulfate?

2. If you used ethanol rather than isopentyl alcohol, what would be the structure of your product? What would be the name of that product?

Explanation / Answer

1.a) washing with sodium bicarbonate is done to neutralize any acidic residue present in the organic layer

b) washing with sodium chloride solution is done to remove any water present in the organic layer.

c) finally organic layer is treated with anhydrous sodium bicarbonate to completely dry the organic layer.

2.The product will th ethylacetate. The structure of ethyl acetate is :

CH3COOCH2CH3

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