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IN a recent publication1, some investigations on the esterification-rate of dibasic acid anhydrides with primary alcohols at room temperature were recorded. From the results of titration of acid anhydrides dissolved in the cold in primary alcohols, using a solution of potassium hydroxide in the alcohol as titrating agent, it was concluded that mono-ester formation was instantaneous and quantitative, being so rapid that comparison of rates of reaction was impossible.
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Siegel, E. F., and Moran, M. K., J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 69, 1457 (1947).
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BRISTOW, F. Esterification of Phthalic Anhydride with Primary Alcohols at Room Temperature. Nature 162, 1004 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/1621004a0
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