Efficient synthesis and reaction kinetics of readily water soluble esters containing sulfonic groups

Article abstract of DOI:10.3390/molecules191221022

A series of various readily water soluble esters were synthesized by a very efficient procedure. These compounds can be useful as thermosensitive tracers for studying the cooling progress in a low enthalpy georeservoir exploitable by double flash geothermal power plant systems. The kinetics of their hydrolysis was investigated. Acylation of primary alcohols or phenols was carried out by a method based on a single-phase solvent system consisting of ethyl acetate acting as an organic solvent and triethylamine acting as a catalyst. Products were characterized by ¹H-NMR, and ¹³C-NMR.