Efficient Esterification of Long Chain Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids with Alcohols over ZrOCl2·8H2O Catalyst
- 20 June 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Synthesis
- Vol. 2005 (12) , 1939-1944
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2005-869951
Abstract
Direct condensation of equimolar amounts of long chain carboxylic acids and alcohols could be achieved by using zirconyl chloride as an efficient catalyst. ZrOCl2·8H2O showed high activity for esterification between primary acids and alcohols; however, it was less active in the combination of branched acid and secondary alcohols to give the corresponding esters.Keywords
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