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Volume-4,Issue-3, Spl. Iss-2  ( Sep, 2016 )
Paper Title
Esterification of Acetic Acid With Butanol in the Presence of Solid Acid Catalyst
Author Name
Vishal V. Mali, Manik P Deosarkar
Affilition
Chemical Engineering Department VIT, Pune.
Pages
244-247
Abstract
Esterification represents one of the most important reactions in chemical industry and the esters produced have applications in a variety of areas such as plasticizers, flavours and fragrances, pesticides, solvents, medicinal and surface active agents. Esterification reactions proceed with or without a catalyst. In the absence of the catalyst, the reaction is extremely slow, since its rate depends on the autoprotolysis of the carboxylic acid. Therefore, esterification is carried out in the presence of a acid catalyst which acts as a proton donor to the carboxylic acid. These reactions are generally carried out in batch reactors in the presence of with supported heterogeneous catalysts. The esterification of acetic acid with n-butanol was studied in the presence of solid acid catalyst such as MoO3/SiO2. The effect of various parameters such as temperature, mole ratio, catalyst loading loadings were studied Keywords : n-butyl acetate, acid catalyst, MoO3/SiO2
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