This is Fischer esterification. It makes an ester (yeah, esterification makes an ester, who would’ve figured?) out of a carboxylic acid and an alcohol.
My tip for you remembering this reaction is that fish don’t drink alcohol and don’t like acid (and there are TWO acids in here! carboxylic acid and sulfuric acid solvent). And so a carboxylic acid and alcohol make ester, which sounds kind of like Easter, and fish hate Easter.
I don’t know why, they just DO.
So basically this reaction has a fishy name but is full of things fish hate.
I dedicate this post to my sister. Because she can never watch this scene without laughing too much xD
[This movie is so stupid! And this scene really is hilarious! xD]
“Chemistry Jock”
This is clearly the most efficient way to study organic chemistry.
soo much quality in this video
Songs about chemistry are ALWAYS relevant.
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