Relative efficiency of free fatty acid butyl esterification: choice of catalyst and derivatisation procedure

The conversion efficiency of alkanoic, alkenoic, branched, alicyclic, aromatic, keto-substituted, and dioic carboxylic acids to their corresponding butyl esters was compared under different reaction conditions (time, temperature, catalyst). We show that boron trifluoride is generally a more efficien...

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Main Authors: Hallman, Christian, Van Aarssen, Bernardus, Grice, Kliti
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40815