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Highly efficient esterification of carboxylic acids with alcohols by montmorillonite-enwrapped titanium as a heterogeneous acid catalyst

T Kawabata, T Mizugaki, K Ebitani, K Kaneda

Index: Kawabata, Tomonori; Mizugaki, Tomoo; Ebitani, Kohki; Kaneda, Kiyotomi Tetrahedron Letters, 2003 , vol. 44, # 51 p. 9205 - 9208

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Abstract

Montmorillonite-enwrapped titanium catalyst was found to efficiently promote the esterification of carboxylic acids with alcohols. In comparison to other catalysts reported to date, this heterogeneous catalyst offers a remarkably simple workup procedure, and is reusable without any appreciable loss in its activity and selectivity.