Przemysl Chemiczny, Vol.94, No.10, 1757-1761, 2015
Kinetic study of esterification of ethylene glycol with acetic acid in presence of sulfonic acids as homogeneous catalysts
(HOCH2)(2) was esterified with AcOH at 25-90 degrees C in presence of 3 sulfonic acid catalysts to resp. mono- and diacetates to study the reaction kinetics and selectivity. The selectivity of diacetate formation was only 10-15%. The exptl. results agreed well with the math. model of the reaction.