Hydrolysis of esters to carboxylic acids with aqueous acid
Description: When an ester is treated with aqueous acid (and heat) it is converted into a carboxylic acid
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About this reaction – would it work without heat?
Yes. In this paper, [https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja00987a033] they measure the rates of hydrolysis without heat. It will just take longer.
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What happens differently if you add heat?