Esterification is the general name for a chemical reaction in which two reactants (typically an alcohol and an acid) form an ester as thereaction product. Esters are common in organic chemistry and biological materials, and often have a characteristic pleasant, fruity odor. This leads to their extensive use in the fragrance and flavour industry.
Esterification is a reversible reaction. Hydrolysis—literally "water splitting"—involves adding water and a catalyst (commonly NaOH) to an ester to get the sodium salt of the carboxylic acid and alcohol. As a result of this reversibility, many esterification reactions are equilibrium reaction and therefore need to be driven to completion according to Le Chatelier's principle.
Esterifications are among the simplest and most often performed organic transformations. (wikipedia)
Above is the definition of Esterification. The main reason i choose this as my blog name is ester has the same pronounciation as my name , but of coz , i do not have the nice fruity smell....
And I feel that thou ppl said life is irreversible. True. Once, a person died, he or she can't revive.
However, i feel that the process in between or how you want to spend your life, it usually or at times are reversible. When a glamber, drug taker or even prisoner, has set their determination to mend their ways-their life reverse back to the normal or the way they used to be before they start to do anything that harm themselves - 2nd chance was given. When a couple break up or divorced, they are back to single again and this is vice versa..
and hence, this is why i choose esterification.
and today i decide to create a new blog...
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