Esterification of acetic acid with ethanol
One recorded run of this reaction, with the species it involved, the conditions the source stated and the evidence behind it.
verified recordFrom Curated fixture record
What was in the flask
| Role | Species | Formula | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reactant | Acetic Acid | C₂H₄O₂ | |
| Reactant | Ethanol | C₂H₆O | |
| Product | Ethyl Acetate | C₄H₈O₂ | |
| Product | Water | H₂O |
Conditions
Acid catalyst and heat; equilibrium.
Yield
Procedure
From the curated record
Acetic acid and ethanol condense to ethyl acetate and water.
The source
Curated textbook reaction (fixture record).
How to read this record
This is one experiment, not a rule. It says that on one occasion these species were combined under these conditions and this came out. It does not say the reaction will give the same result on your substrate, and nothing on the page has been generalised into a claim that it would.
The pathway is a separate question, kept on separate pages. A mechanism here is the canonical arrow pushing for a class, run on real structures and labelled rule-derived. It is not evidence, and this record is not a mechanism.