Kinetic studies of esterification of butanoic acid with cyclohexanol

Autor: G. V. S. Sarma, G.V. Santosh Kumar, M. Vijay, K. V. Ramesh
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Materials Today: Proceedings. 46:737-739
ISSN: 2214-7853
DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2020.12.373
Popis: Kinetic studies of esterification of butanoic acid with cyclohexanol were carried out using sulplhuric acid as catalyst. Experiments were conducted in a stirred, temperature controlled batch reactor. The reaction is homogeneous. The effects of different variables that influence the rate constant such as temperature, catalyst concentration and mole ratio of reactants were studied. The reaction rate followed second order with respect to the acid concentration. The mole ratio is varied between 0.5 and 2.0, temperature between 50 and 70 °C and catalyst concentration between 0.5 and 1.5 wt%. An equation is obtained for the prediction of rate constant.
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