Studien über äther‐artige Verbindungen, XVI. Mitteil.: Über den Einfluß des Sauerstoffs in der Atom‐Kette auf die Veresterung und Verseifung

Esterification A review of the recent past and a look towards the future

“…From observations of Kailan and co-workers (119-12S) esterification goes 2,000 to 16,000 times as fast in formic acid as in acetic. There is no space to mention many articles on kinetics, salt effect, steric hindrance, and saponification (2,4,19,20,25,39,44,100,101,104,105,111,ISO,132,142,176,179,180,185,186,190,199,201,203,207,212,229,233,253,256,262).…”