Abstract: Abstract Decanoic acid, found in naturally occurring coconut and palm kernel oils, and in genetically modified cuphea plant species, is gaining increasing importance as platform chemical for the development of many useful products. Although perceived to be an important starting molecule for production of biodiesel, the process of production of and fuel properties of its ethyl ester have never been explored before. In this article, we have reported about laboratory-based studies for esterification of decanoic acid with ethanol in presence of sol...
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Organic chemistry