Orbital - Vol. 17 No. 4 - April-June 2025
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Accelerated Esterification by Domestic Microwave for the Undergraduate Organic Chemistry

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  • Ruchanok Tearavarich
Ruchanok Tearavarich
Rajamangala University of Technology Isan, Khon Kaen Campus
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17807/orbital.v17i4.22059
Published June 29, 2025
Keywords
  • Kitchen microwave,
  • Esterification,
  • Green chemistry
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Tearavarich, R. Accelerated Esterification by Domestic Microwave for the Undergraduate Organic Chemistry. Orbital: Electron. J. Chem. 2025, 17, 393-396.

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Abstract

The aim of this work was to offer a green laboratory experiment for undergraduate organic chemistry course.  Esterification accelerated by domestic microwave was studied.  The reaction occurred within 3 minutes.  The odor of the product was used as a tool to indicate the reaction.  This convenient, simple and fast experiment provided ground for the lessons on esterification mechanism, nomenclature of ester, physical properties, principle of microwave and green chemistry.

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