[Tromboon]

I'm wondering whether or not Hydrochloric Acid would react with Ethanol as a neutralization reaction. I read that ethanol in an aqueous solution can be a slight base, so could it neutralize an acid? Would they react to form a salt and water?

[chenbeier]

It is not a neutralization, its kind of substitution of OH to Cl or elimination of water. It is not the classic ester reaction.. But the result can be ethyl chloride or ethylen