1. Esterification of butyric acid with glycerol (Main Reaction) + + + + + + N-Butyric acid Glycerol N-Butyric acid 1-Mono-butyrin Water 1,3 Di-butyrin Tri-butyrin 1,3 Di-butyrin Water Hydroxyl group Carboxylic group Main Product Rxn1 Rxn2 Rxn3

2. Esterification of butyric acid with glycerol

3. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/#query=C7H14O4 https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6992753 1-Mono-butyrin Possible isomers/same molecular weight compounds https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/#query=C11H20O https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/122920 1,3-Di-butyrin Possible isomers/same molecular weight compounds https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/#query=C15H26O6 https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/tributyrin Tri-butyrin same molecular weight compounds

4. Kinetics behavior of esterification of acetic acid with methanol over Amberlyst 36

5. The Effect of Feed Location of a Semi-Batch Reactive Distillation via Esterification Reaction of Acetic Acid and Methanol Simulation Study

6. Operating Parameters and Selectivity in Batch Reactive Distillation