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Offline mirandamix

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use of Sulfuric Acid?
« on: October 10, 2010, 12:49:56 PM »
hey everybody,

I have this question: what is the use of Sulfuric acid in the reaction between methanol and boric acid??

thank you in advance :)
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Re: use of Sulfuric Acid?
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2010, 12:57:26 PM »
you would like to consider the functional groups present in methanol and boric acid.
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Re: use of Sulfuric Acid?
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2010, 01:04:57 PM »
u mean OH in methanol
and COOH in boric acid??

but why?? :S

the reaction is H3BO3 + 3CH3OH ---(H2SO4)---> B(OCH3)3 + 3H2O
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Re: use of Sulfuric Acid?
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2010, 02:02:07 PM »
am really sorry. yep, boric not organic. reading around the topic for few min, if find anything will let you know.
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Re: use of Sulfuric Acid?
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2010, 01:41:54 AM »
As  catalyst.
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Re: use of Sulfuric Acid?
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2010, 03:32:24 AM »
yeah that's right... it serves as a catalyst, but what exactly does it do with the boric acid?? i read something about it but couldn't get the right answer.
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Re: use of Sulfuric Acid?
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2010, 06:58:12 AM »
I think the role of a catalyst is the same ,no matter whether the acid is boric acid or organic acid.

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