Isopentyl Acetate Lab Report

The percent yield of the isopentyl acetate was 74.3% and this low percent yield could have occurred due to some amount of gas escaping from reflux apparatus’ top or apparatus was not fully closed so that some of the heat escaped and did not proceed the reaction well, leaving reagents. Another source of error could be that some of the organic layer could have been transferred along with the aqueous layer when the aqueous layer was getting separated from the organic layer by a pipette.
One of the methods that favors the formation of an ester can be made by adding excess acetic acid and another method is conducting Fischer esterification, which water will be removed to form the ester. There are several ways to have more isopentyl acetate. First,