The purpose of this lab is to successfully generate a liquid ester product via the process of Fischer Esterification. The Fischer Esterification is a condensation reaction between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid to create an ester. The alcohol acts as a nucleophile while the carboxylic acid acts as the elctrophile. This reaction is an acid catalyzed equilibrium reaction. The synthesis is driven to completion by utilizing the Le Chatlier's principle. This will be done by using excess carboxylic acid to push the equilibrium. The starting carboxylic acid will be known and assigned; however, the starting alcohol will be an unknown low-molecular-weight alcohol. Using boiling point determination, the identity of the specific product will be identified
