Kinetics of esterification of palmitic acid with isopropanol using p-toluene sulfonic acid and zinc ethanoate supported over silica gel as catalysts

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1127-1134

  Aafaqi, Roomana ^a   Mohamed, Abdul Rahman ^a   Bhatia, Subhash ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Esterification; Isopropyl palmitate; Kinetics; P toluene sulfonic acid; Zinc acetate silica gel catalyst

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; ESTERIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS; SILICA GEL; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CATALYTIC SYSTEMS; KINETIC PARAMETERS; PALMITIC ACIDS;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

2 PROPANOL; 4 TOLUENE SULFONIC ACID; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GELATIN; PALMITIC ACID; SILICA GEL; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ZINC ETHANOATE;

ESTERIFICATION;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; CATALYST SUPPORT; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTERIFICATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 5044238986     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.1102     Document Type: Article

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