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Esterification

Practical work is a vital part of the study of chemistry. Many students see practical procedures as simply ‘recipe following’ and do not stop and think about why the steps in the instructions are necessary. This ‘Lab page’ teases out the chemistry involved in an esterification and explains the reasons behind the instructions

Figure 1 Esterification reaction of 4-aminobenzoic acid with ethanol to produce benzocaine (ethyl 4-aminobenzoate)

This ‘Lab page’ links to the following A-level topics:

• esters

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