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ESTERIFICATIONThis article describes methods for the production of carboxylic Esters :For the properties of these compounds, see Esters , ORGANIC. For Esters of inorganic acids, see the articles on nitric acid, phosphoricacids, sulfuric acid, are most commonly prepared by the reaction of a carboxylic acid and an alcohol with the elimination of water. Esters arealso formed by a number of other reactions utilizing acid anhydrides, acid chlorides, amides, nitriles, unsaturated hydrocarbons, ethers,aldehydes, ketones, alcohols, and Esters (via ester interchange). Detailed reviews of Esterification are given in References 1 the basis of bulk production (10), poly(ethylene terephthalate) manufacture is the most important ester producing polymer is produced by either the direct Esterification of terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol, or by the transesterification ofdimethyl terephthalate with ethylene glycol.

This was first demonstrated in 1862 by Berthelot and Saint-Gilles (32), who found that when equivalent quantities of ethyl alcohol and acetic acid were allowed to react, the esterification stopped when two-thirds of the acid had reacted.

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