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Make ethyl alcohol from water

The WiZard is In - 18-10-2010 at 19:09

Have found I — written down in a book ...

Silicic acid tetraethyl ester (78-10-4)

Reacts slowly with water forming ethyl alcohol
and silica.

By da SAT dobe a highly flammable liquid.

spirocycle - 4-11-2010 at 16:58

how slowly?

ScienceSquirrel - 5-11-2010 at 03:42

This is detritus.
How do you make tetraethyl silicate?
From silicon tetrachloride and ethanol! :-(

hissingnoise - 5-11-2010 at 04:46

Ethyl hydrogen sulphate on hydrolysis gives ethanol and requires only CH2=CH2 and H2SO4 for its preparation . . .