Yin Huajie from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences introduces an innovative way to improve esterification reactions, which are key processes in industries ...

Esters are formed by the condensation reaction between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid. This is known as esterification. In a condensation reaction, two molecules join and produce a larger ...

from the reaction mixture. A paper on the subject has now been published by Sussman 1, who reports several examples of the successful use of 'Zeo-Karb' in esterification, alcohol dehydration and ...