28 December 2011
Fischer-Speier Esterification Method
1:02 PM
Esterification of acids by refluxing with excess alcohol in the presence of hydrogen chloride or other acid catalysts:
E. D. Hughes, Quart. Rev. 2, 110 (1948); A. J. Kirby in Comprehensive Chemical Kinetics vol. 10, C. H. Bamford, C. F. H. Tipper, Eds. (Elsevier, New York, 1972) p 57; E. K. Euranto in The Chemistry of Carboxylic Acids and Esters, S. Patai, Ed. (Interscience, New York, 1969) p 505.
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