i made a reaction between ethanol amine and carboxylic acid. i used 4 mole of ethanol amine and 1 mole of carboxylic acid. My aim was to obtain an ethanol amide, but now the reaction mixture contains at least 3 mole of ethanol amine.
i want to eliminate the ethanol amine with HCI, but it can react with both hydroxyl group of the produced amide and amino group of the ethanol amine.
how can i separate them? i want to collect the amide from the reaction mixture.