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Rapid transesterification of aliphatic and aromatic esters using sodium bis(ethylenedioxy)borate-a mild catalyst
Ramasubramanian,Gopi, Sreeraj,Matharasi, D. Priya,Narasimhan
experimental part, p. 3660 - 3662 (2012/01/30)
A simple, selective transesterification of aliphatic and aromatic esters using a mild base sodium bis(ethylenedioxy)borate is described. The transesterification reactions were performed both in microwave and ultrasonication. Aromatic compounds forms diesters of ethylene glycol while aliphatic compounds forms only monoesters. The IR, MS and NMR characterization are given. In this work, an environmentally benign process for the production of biodiesel from oils using heterogeneous catalyst was developed. Mild borate catalyst was adopted for the production of biodiesel. A study for optimizing the reaction conditions such as the reaction time, the reaction condition, the use of co-solvent and the amount of catalyst, was performed.