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Ester  n.  (Chem.) An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic; thus the natural fats are esters of glycerin and the fatty acids, oleic, etc.





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... as well as a small quantity of water. The temperature then rises rapidly to the boiling-point of benzyl benzoate, when the receivers are changed. The product boils at 184-185'0/15 mm., and analysis by saponification shows it to consist of 99 per cent ester. A yield of 410-420 g. is obtained, which corresponds to 90-93 per cent of the theoretical amount. This benzyl benzoate supercools readily, but after solidifying melts within one degree of the highest recorded value (19.4'0) and therefore need not be refractionated, unless ...
— Organic Syntheses • James Bryant Conant


Words linked to "Ester" :   esterify, maleate, nucleotide, urethane, ethyl acetate, base, polyester, citrate, cellulose ester, lactate, organic compound


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