Transesterification

[inaccensa]

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This may sound like a stupid q, but why would an ester want to change its OR group. I mean what drives this rxn? is it simply the presence of an alcohol with a different OR group?

 

[Hemichordate]

Well if you have a different OR group, so you can always get a mixture of products. It's not that an ester wants to change its OR group, it's just because it can.

Btw, when are you taking the MCAT?

 

[inaccensa]

Well if you have a different OR group, so you can always get a mixture of products. It's not that an ester wants to change its OR group, it's just because it can.

Btw, when are you taking the MCAT?

sept 10