1. What is an ester? 2. What happens when an acid and an alcohol are mixed together? 3. What happens to an ester when it's heated with a large amount of water? 4. What substances will catalyse the hydrolysis process? 5. What many esters of organic acids are used for? 6. What is an example of an ester of an organic acid? 7. How is ethyl acetate formed? 8. What reagents are used to prepare ethyl acetate? 9. What are the physical properties of the ethyl acetate? 10. Is it soluble in water?
Annotation: The article is headlined "Ester" and it was written by Peter S. Brubaker. It was published in the Nature Friends on 27th May 2008.
The aim of the article is to educate the reader on ester compounds and the product of the synthesis via the Fischer esterification reaction. The article touches upon the hydrolysis process of esters. The author also describes the process of ethyl acetate formation.
I found this article very educational, however, I think the article would be very difficult to understand for anyone who isn't familiar with chemistry.