Esterification
Carboxylic acids are esterified with alcohols or phenols in the presence
of a mineral acid such as concentrated H2SO4 or HCl gas as a catalyst 8 9 2
Reactions
Involving
Cleavage of
C–OH Bond
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Chemistry
Mechanism of esterification of carboxylic acids: The esterification of carboxylic
acids with alcohols is a kind of nucleophilic acyl substitution