Esterfication

Esterfication Scientists: Christopher Inness David Coker Introduction: In Organic Chemistry there is a system for naming different organic compounds, called the IUPAC naming system. There are numerous organic compounds, due mainly to the bonding abilities of carbon. Each type of carbon-carbon bond and each functional group bonded to a carbon, form different family groups; esters, alcohols and carboxylic acids are separate family groups within Organic Chemistry. Alcohols are also known as alkanols and contain a …

…ol. b) methyl pentanoate As previously stated esters are a combination of alcohols and carboxylic acids. Carboxylic acids contain a carbon with a single bond to a hydroxyl group and a double to an oxygen and when bonded lose the hydrogen from the hydroxyl group and are then known as alkanoates. Thus the pentanoate turns back into pentanoic acid. This leaves the methyl, which was the alcohol methanol.