ChemC 343 Lab Final (quizzes 110) Organic Chemistry ...
(c) Acetic acid is already in excess in this experiment so if we added twice as much, the reaction itself would not be affected. However, we would have to use more sodium bicarbonate to neutralize all of the excess acetic acid. Doing this could potentially dissolve some of our isopentyl acetate, causing the yield to be lower than expected.