Fischer-Speier Esterification Method

E. Fischer, A. Speier, Ber. 28, 3252 (1895).

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.