A student decided to run the esterification reaction between p-toluic acid (p-methylbenzoic) and ethanol but found that the stockroom had only just enough ethanol left to react with her carboxylic acid, that is, a stoichiometric amount of alcohol. Furthermore, the only concentrated acid the stockroom had left was hydrochloric acid (a non-dehydrating acid ). What other method (s) could she use to drive the esterification reaction to completion ?

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 A student decided to run the esterification reaction between p-toluic acid (p-methylbenzoic) and ethanol but found that the stockroom had only just enough ethanol left to react with her carboxylic acid, that is, a stoichiometric amount of alcohol. Furthermore, the only concentrated acid the stockroom had left was hydrochloric acid (a non-dehydrating acid ). What other method (s) could she use to drive the esterification reaction to completion ?

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