Esterification

[@pdotpep8959]

this guy is like the jesus christ of chemistry. what a savior

[@yumnabarhamji1700]

I love the " replace the h of the acid with the carbon of the alcohol". Its made it so much easier.. thankyou so much

[@ReaperSAFC]

I have my exam next Tuesday. Thank god I found these video's and thanks for taking your time to make these!

[@MaChemGuy]

You're welcome Erik. Good luck and thanks for the comment!

[@MaChemGuy]

Have you changed your name? Just noticed I called you Erik!

[@H1-NMR]

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[@Jetsingh122]

My exam is like one day away your videos are a great revision technique. Thank you! :)

[@MaChemGuy]

Glad to hear it. Good luck!!

[@yayradoreenx]

Your videos are amazing revision, I've watched lots of Esterification videos and read different text books but your visual explanations really helped me! Thank you sooo much, keep on making videos!

[@MaChemGuy]

You're very welcome. Thank you for the comment and good luck in the exam!!

[@rameens6539]

At 2:24, isn't the OH taken from the carboxylic acid and the H taken from the alcohol? Or does it not matter where the water has come from?

[@Gohanson888]

Esters are derivatives of carboxylic acids with general formula: R-CO-X. So, OH is taken from acid molecule, not alcohol! Author should know about it. It was prooved by the experiment, when methanol reacted with benzoic acid and oxygen atom in methanol was labeled by radioizotop O18, and when reaction was stopped, author saw that radioizotope O18 was in ester molecule, not in water...

[@hanifkhan2980]

I don't need to know this until year 13 (in my school) yet I find this very hard to resist learning. There's a playlist with all your videos regarding a levels and they totally help! Who says last minute revision isn't effective (for my mocks)? I appreciate the time and work you put into these videos, thank you !

[@dinahamdi7688]

This is amazing! Thank you so much :) Please keep making videos!

[@MaChemGuy]

Dina Thanks. Glad you approve. Should be uploading another one today

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[@MaChemGuy]

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[@MaChemGuy]

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[@padmapriyakota1174]

Thank u sir it helped me a lot 👌👏👏

[@devpatel4850]

Hi, when I learnt this in school we formed H2O using the H from alcohol and OH from carboxylic acid. You did it the other way. Which way is the correct method?

[@jennamarcus4283]

really helpful! i like how you pronounce methyl haha. in america say "meth-el" instead of "me-thyile"

[@MaChemGuy]

***** Some of my students use the American pronunciation, they watch too much Breaking Bad I guess. Glad you like them :)

[@Solo_Travelling]

Looks like im copying those exactly on my project work :'D You should be teaching us in our college !!

[@MaChemGuy]

Tell your classmates then I kind of will be :)

[@willbarker5606]

Is the reaction between carboxylic acids and alcohols to form an Ester not reversible?

[@MaChemGuy]

Will Barker Technically yes.

[@willbarker5606]

If drew it as a reversible reaction in my exam would that be okay to do so?

[@MaChemGuy]

Will Barker I teach OCR and they would allow either

[@willbarker5606]

Good thing my exam board is OCR too.

[@nehagharat5577]

During esterification, -OH group is removed from carboxylic acid and -H from alcohol. The mechanism shown here shows -H leaving from acid.

[@MaChemGuy]

Thanks. This level of detail not required for my A level specification

[@doihavetobenormal]

Thank you so much