Methods for separating ethyl acetate and ethanol
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What is the method for separating ethyl acetate from ethanol? Thank you all for providing solutions
This makes use of a distillation tower; since their boiling points are different, controlling the temperature enables fractional distillation to be achieved.
Can we try washing it with water? Alcohols dissolve easily in water, while esters are insoluble in water
However, washing also introduces a small amount of water into ethyl acetate
http://www.doc88.com/p-046807774629.html, this should be a bit helpful~
Ethanol and ethyl acetate have almost the same boiling point
If the approach is to separate ethyl acetate and ethanol through distillation, it has no economic value...