Preparation of Carboxylate Esters of Polyhydric Alcohols by Using a Sulfonated Charcoal Catalyst

Abstract

Ethane-1,2-diol, propane-1,2-diol, butane-1,4-diol and propane-1,2,3-triol are readily esterified by carboxylic acids in near quantitative yields in the presence of a sulfonated charcoal catalyst.