A quick and mild, one-pot method of esterification of fatty acids with primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols as well as with fatty alcohols, sterols and glycerol is proposed via the acyl bromides formed in situ. ... A large number of methods exist for the esterification of ... Esterification with tertiary alcohols3 has always been problematic, ... The most suitable methods of esterif ication require the ... 'OR2 + HBr + Ph3P. R ~ O H ___c R'-C ... The method is exemplified in the ...