Experiment 16: Synthesis of Fragrant Esters (using carboxylic acid and alcohol w/ sulfuric acid catalyst) 1)...

Experiment 16: Synthesis of Fragrant Esters (using carboxylic acid and alcohol w/ sulfuric acid catalyst)

1) Write out the mechanism for a generic Fischer esterification. Place a circle around the key tetrahedral intermediate. In your mechanism, note where there are similarities and differences between the acid catalyzed and non-catalyzed (sic) version by identifying the steps involving H+.

I cannot find any version of Fischer esterification that doesn't use a catalyst of some kind. I cannot figure out how to write a theoretical mechanism that doesn't involve the protonation I'm familiar with.

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