Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Alcohol
ysis:
A reaction in which an
alcohol
is a
reactant
, and becomes part of the
reaction product
.
Alcohol
ysis of
tert
-butyl
chloride with
ethanol
(an
alcohol
) produces
ethyl
tert
-butyl
ether
via the
S
N
1 mechanism
. Note that
ethanol
becomes part of the
reaction product
.
In this
Fischer esterification reaction
,
benzoic acid
(a
carboxylic acid
) is
esterified
with
methanol
(an
alcohol
) in the presence of
sulfuric acid
(an
acid
catalyst
) to produce
methyl
benzoate
(an
ester
). Note that
methanol
becomes part of the
reaction product
.
Related terms:
Solvolysis
,
aminolysis
,
transesterification
,
primary alcohol
,
secondary alcohol
,
tertiary alcohol
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