1) if the cost of both the alcohol and carboxylic acidwere prohibitive, how would you maximize the use of your Fischeresterification product while keeping costs down?
2) why did you wash your product with water beforewashing it with the solution of sodium bicarbonate? What was thepurpose of washing with sodium bicarbonate? What would ha byppen ifsaturated NaOH solution was used instead?(the product is an ester,oil of winter green)
3) explain the function of the acid catalyst in aFischer esterification reaction. Show a mechanism to illustrateyour explanation.
