Ethyl Acetate Synthesis

Reupload from my tik-tok #science #chemistry #color #acid #organicchemistry
Note: I have no Idea why the upload quality of this video is so bad.. I believe it has something to do with the format of the video type as I messed around with that before uploading.
In any case I am working on fixing it ASAP.

Notes: I made the comment about MEK containing ethyl acetate offhand without really knowing what MEK is, I just saw a container labeled MEK in the hardware store and curious as I am, I read the label and it said "ethyl acetate 55%".
After making this video I checked the label again and it is actually "MEK Substitute" so yeah entirely different thing. Actual MEK is the chemical butanone.

Also, the final product is not completely anhydrous so the percent yield I posted is not accurate as the product still contains notable quantities of ethanol and water. I'll likely do a longer video on this in the future where I go the extra mile and dry the ethyl acetate.

Also, ethyl acetate is really only comparable to DCM as an extraction solvent, not a reaction solvent. This is because unlike DCM, ethyl acetate tends to hydrolyze under certain reaction conditions.