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How to complete a reaction when acids are volatile?(a) Superheated steam(b) Distillation(c) Catalyst(d) All of the mentionedThis question was posed to me during an interview for a job.My enquiry is from Completing Esterification topic in section Esterification of Unit Processes

Answer» RIGHT option is (b) Distillation

Best EXPLANATION: When EITHER or both the acid and the alcohol are volatile, the reaction MAY be carried to completion by distilling out the WATER produced in the reaction, usually as an azeotrope.


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