Conclusions
The corresponding higher esters were produced in good yields by transesterification of lower esters of adipic acid by alcoholysis with alcohols in the presence of an alkaline or acid catalyst. Acid catalysts (p-toluenesulfonyl chloride) are more effective than alkaline catalysts (KOH).
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2439–2443, November, 1971.
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Bondar, L.S., Rodionov, P.P. & Okunev, R.A. Transesterification of esters of adipic acid. Russ Chem Bull 20, 2317–2319 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00854304
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