title: Direct dehydrative esterification of alcohols and carboxylic acids with a macroporous polymeric acid catalyst.
abstract: A macroporous polymeric acid catalyst was prepared for the direct esterification of carboxylic acids and alcohols that proceeded at 50-80 °C without removal of water to give the corresponding esters with high yield. Flow esterification for the synthesis of biodiesel fuel was also achieved by using a column-packed macroporous acid catalyst under mild conditions without removal of water.
authors.affiliation: RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science , Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan , Institute for Molecular Science , Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan , and Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University , Seoul 133-991, Korea.
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minakawa
authors.forename: Heeyoel
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.forename: Yoichi M A
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Jin Wook
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uozumi