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Esterification vs Saponification - What's the difference?

esterification | saponification |

As nouns the difference between esterification and saponification

is that esterification is (organic chemistry) any reaction (typically between an acid and an alcohol) that results in the production of an ester while saponification is (chemistry) the hydrolysis of an ester under basic conditions to form an alcohol and the salt of the acid.

esterification

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(wikipedia esterification) (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any reaction (typically between an acid and an alcohol) that results in the production of an ester
    • Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4] (pdf) from [http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/chemistry/chemical-synthesis/learning-center/aldrichimica-acta.html Sigma-Aldrich
  • ::Vinylcyclopropane 19 is readily converted to diester 22 by oxidative cleavage followed by esterification .

    • saponification

    English

    Noun

  • (chemistry) The hydrolysis of an ester under basic conditions to form an alcohol and the salt of the acid.
  • The reaction of a metallic alkali (base) with a fat or oil to form soap.

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