Synthesis

A facile, catalytic and environmentally benign method for esterification of carboxylic acids and transesterification of carboxylic esters with nearly equimolar amounts of …

DS Bose, A Satyender, APR Das, HB Mereyala

Index: Bose, D. Subhas; Satyender, Apuri; Das, A. P. Rudra; Mereyala, Hari Babu Synthesis, 2006 , # 14 p. 2392 - 2396

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Abstract

Abstract A practical and green chemical process for the esterification of carboxylic acids with alcohols and transesterification of carboxylic esters in good to excellent yields by using K 5 CoW 12 O 14· 3H 2 O (0.1 mol%) as catalyst is reported. The catalyst exhibited remarkable reusable activity.