Is there a way to convert Isopropyl acetate to Isopropanol and acetic acid?bbartlog - 10-9-2012 at 07:14
Sounds like straightforward hydrolysis. Adding water and either acid or base, then refluxing for a while, should do the job (though in the case of
base-catalyzed hydrolysis you would end up with isopropanol and the acetate salt rather than free acetic acid). Though I guess since the ester is not
miscible with water it may end up being a little more complicated...Sedit - 10-9-2012 at 10:05
Iron is known to break Ethyl acetate and Isopropyl acetate to its components. unionised - 10-9-2012 at 13:09
