3-methyl- 1-butanol and propionic acid were reacted with each other in an esterification process in hopes of synthesizing isopentylpropionate. The procedure described above was followed without error and the isopentylpropionate was synthesized with a 62.04% yield. The final liquid had a fruity scent similar to that of bananas. The IR graph supports the purity of the compound considering the peaks that correspond with an ester at 1739.79 and a carboxylic acid 2958.8. However there is no peak corresponding with an alcohol group, which is expected because isopentylpropionate does not have an alcohol group.
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