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Question
Convert the following:
Ethyl alcohol into ethyl acetate.
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Solution
Ethyl alcohol reacts with acetic acid to give ethyl acetate.
\[\ce{\underset{Ethyl alcohol}{C2H5OH} + \underset{Acetic acid or Ethanoic acid}{CH3COOH} <=>[H+] \underset{ethyl acetate}{CH3COOC2H5} + H2O}\]
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