Saturday, August 13, 2011
Chemistry help?
The formation of an ester from an acid and an alcohol is a relative slow reaction. However, doing this reaction in the presence of a catalytic amount of a strong acid (e.g.H2SO4 ) increases the rate of formation significantly. How does the addition of a small amount of a strong acid catalyze this reaction?
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