Reflux, weight out 1 Mol of any Methyl-Ester and add it
slowly with additional funnel to the main flask.
Once reaction is finished, let cool and simple distill anything that boils under 100C
methanol boils at 64,7 °C.
Sodium Benzoate forms as byproduct, in main flask. is dissolved in water.
Question:
since any methyl ester can be used, why not use
Methyl acetate mol 74,08g/mol density 0,93g/cm3, 1 Liter = 930g and 12.55 mol
instead of
Methyl Benzoate, 136.15 g/mol, density: 1,08 g/cm³ 1 liter = 1080g and 7.93 mol
since 1 mol of any methyl ester will yield 1 mol of methanol,
using 1 unit of Methyl acetate
would give me almost 2x the yield and is cheaper to buy then
using 1 unit of Methyl Benzoate as seen in the video.
*byproduct of Methyl acetate would be Sodium acetate, instead of Sodium Benzoate.
did I make an error?
[Edited on 30-4-2020 by LuckyWinner]Bedlasky - 30-4-2020 at 03:05
No. Methyl acetate should be easy to hydrolyze.LuckyWinner - 30-4-2020 at 03:16
