Alcoholysis of Aromatic Carboxylic Esters

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF00809350

The alcoholysis of various esters of aromatic carboxylic esters with octadecanol in the presence of lead stearate was investigated by chromatographic analysis of the reaction mixtures.The reactivity of the esters was found to be strongly affected by the substitution pattern of the aromatic nucleus as well as by the structure of the alkoxy group.Electron donating substituents in a suitable position lead to a remarkable increase in reactivity compared to the unsubstituted alkyl esters. - Keywords: Mono and polycarboxylic esters; Metal salt catalysis; Kinetics; Chromatographic analysis