Question: Start Virtual ChemLab and select the Synthesis button at the top left. After entering the synthesis laboratory, select Esterification from the chalkboard. Your target

Start Virtual ChemLab and select the Synthesis button at the top left. 

Start Virtual ChemLab and select the Synthesis button at the top left. After entering the synthesis laboratory, select Esterification from the chalkboard. Your target compound is the preparation of isopentyl acetate using the Fischer Esterification. Use the available reagents on the stockroom shelf and identify the appropriate starting materials required to synthesize the target compound and add them to the round bottom flask. Now add ether (Et:0) as a solvent and drag the flask to the Stir Plate on the lab bench. isopentyl acetate Explain why ethanol would be a poor solvent choice for this reaction:

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