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Isopropyl acetate to Isopropanol and acetic acid?
Is there a way to convert Isopropyl acetate to Isopropanol and acetic acid?
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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...
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Iron is known to break Ethyl acetate and Isopropyl acetate to its components.
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