File:Fischer esterification-hydrolysis equilibrium.svg

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English: The acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of an ester is the reverse process of Fischer esterification, and vice versa. The two processes are in equilibrium with each other, though modifying the reaction conditions can cause one process to be favored over the other.
Date 15 August 2014, 17:14:20
Source Own work
Author Krishnavedala
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\documentclass[12pt,border=1pt,crop,multi=false,tikz,class=scrartcl]{standalone}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{chemfig,chemmacros,chemformula}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.pathmorphing}

\chemsetup[chemformula]{font-shape=sf,format=\sffamily}
\renewcommand*{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
\renewcommand*\printatom[1]{\ensuremath{\mathsf{#1} } }
\setatomsep{2em}
\setdoublesep{.6ex}
\setarrowdefault{,1,semithick}
\setbondstyle{thick}
%\setarrowlabelsep{1em}

\makeatletter
\begin{document}
\definesubmol\nobond{-[,0.25,,,draw=none]}

%\schemedebug{true}
\schemestart[-90][west]
	{\color{red}\textbf{Forward Direction: }Acid catalyzed hydrolysis}
    \arrow(.south west--.north west){0}[,.1]
    \subscheme{
    	\chemfig{R-[:30](=[::60]@{a1}O)-[::-60]OR'}
        \arrow{<=>[\chemfig{@{a2}H\pch}]}
        \chemfig{R-[:30]@{a5}(=[@{a3}::60]@{a4}\chemabove{O}{\scrp}H)-[::-60]OR'}
        \arrow{<=>[\chemfig{H_2@{a6}O}]}
        \chemfig{R-[:30](-[::60]OH)(-[::-60]@{a9}OR')-[6]@{a7}\chembelow{O}{\scrp}(-[::-60]H)-[@{a8}::60]@{a10}H}
        \arrow{<=>}
        \chemfig{R-[:30](-[@{a11}::60]@{a12}OH)(-[@{a13}::-60]@{a14}\chemabove{O}{\scrp}(-[::60]R')-[::-60]H)-[6]O-[::-60]H}
        \arrow{<=>[][$-$ \ch{R'-OH}]}
        \chemfig{R-[:30](=[::60]\chemabove{O}{\scrp}H)-[::-60]OH}
        \arrow{<=>[][$-$ \ch{H+}]}
        \chemfig{R-[:30](=[::60]O)-[::-60]OH}
        \chemmove[-stealth,red,shorten >=2pt, shorten <=2pt]{
    		\draw (a1) .. controls +(east:5mm) and +(north west:8mm) .. (a2);
            \draw (a3) .. controls +(west:5mm) and +(west:5mm) .. (a4);
            \draw (a6) .. controls +(north:8mm) and +(east:5mm) .. (a5);
            \draw (a8) .. controls +(north east:5mm) and +(east:5mm) .. (a7);
            \draw (a9) .. controls +(south:5mm) and +(north:5mm) .. (a10);
            \draw (a12) .. controls +(west:5mm) and +(west:5mm) .. (a11);
            \draw (a13) .. controls +(north:5mm) and +(north:5mm) .. ($(a14)+(0,1em)$);
    	}
    }
    \arrow(.south west--.north west){0}[,.25]
    \subscheme{
    	\chemfig{R-[:30](=[::60]O)-[::-60]OR'}
        \arrow{<=>[$-$ \ch{H+}]}
        \chemfig{R-[:30](=[::60]\chemabove{O}{\scrp}H)-[::-60]OR'}
        \arrow{<=>[$-$ \ch{H2O}]}
        \chemfig{R-[:30](-[@{b12}::60]@{b11}OH)(-[::-60]OR')-[@{b13}6]@{b14}\chembelow{O}{\scrp}(-[::-60]H)-[::60]H}
        \arrow{<=>}
        \chemfig{R-[:30](-[::60]OH)(-[::-60]@{b7}\chemabove{O}{\scrp}(-[::60]R')-[@{b8}::-60]@{b9}H)-[6]@{b10}O-[::-60]H}
        \arrow{<=>[][\chemfig{R'-@{b6}OH}]}
        \chemfig{R-[:30]@{b3}(=[@{b4}::60]@{b5}\chemabove{O}{\scrp}H)-[::-60]OH}
        \arrow{<=>[][\chemfig{@{b2}H\pch}]}
        \chemfig{R-[:30](=[::60]@{b1}O)-[::-60]OH}
        \chemmove[-stealth,blue,shorten >=2pt, shorten <=2pt]{
        	\draw (b1) .. controls +(west:5mm) and +(east:10mm) .. (b2);
            \draw (b4) .. controls +(west:5mm) and +(west:5mm) .. (b5);
            \draw (b6) .. controls +(south:5mm) and +(west:5mm) .. (b3);
            \draw (b8) .. controls +(east:5mm) and +(east:5mm) .. (b7);
            \draw (b10) .. controls +(south:5mm) and +(south west:5mm) .. (b9);
            \draw (b11) .. controls +(west:5mm) and +(west:5mm) .. (b12);
            \draw (b13) .. controls +(west:5mm) and +(west:5mm) .. (b14);
    	}
    }
    \arrow(.south east--.north east){0}[,.1]
    {\color{blue}\textbf{Reverse Direction: }Fischer esterification}
\schemestop
\end{document}

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