Chemistry A-Level
Acid hydrolysis of esters
What Acid hydrolysis of esters means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Acid hydrolysis of esters
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Each ester link is broken by water with acid catalysis, giving the parent dicarboxylic acid and the diol, with heating with dilute acid and water driving the reaction.
Topics that use Acid hydrolysis of esters
- Polyesters and polyamides (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Addition polymerisation
- Amide group formation
- Amide linkage
- Base hydrolysis of esters
- Condensation polymerisation
- Dicarboxylic acid and diol monomers
- Dicarboxylic acid and diol or diamine monomers
- difunctional monomers
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