[arwa]

I tried too prepare esters for phthalic acid like( diethyl phthalate) by add ethanol at acidic midium
H2SO4, the esters that i get is liquid how can i extracted and purificat it?  

[Donaldson Tan]

is the ester in the same phase as the ethanol-water mixture?

if the ester is in the same phase, use diethyl ether to extract the ester. the ether layer can be obtained by using a seperating funnel. You may have ethanol in your ether layer if ethnaol was not the limiting reagent.

the rotary evaporator will help to remove diethyl ether from the ether-ester mixture.