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HRID 2175480Generated: November 1, 2026

Palmitic Acid → Methyl Palmitate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantPalmitic AcidHCID 985—
Reactantthiophene-2-sulfonic acidHCID 165170—
SolventMethanolHCID 887—
ProductMethyl PalmitateHCID 8181—

Reaction Steps

The thienylsulfonic acid-functionalized SBA-15 (15ThioSO3H-SBA-15-p) was used as the solid acid catalyst in the liquid phase esterification of palmitic acid (PA) with methanol (MeOH) to form methylpalmitate. The reaction was carried out at the reflux temperature of MeOH.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS09062081B1
Source datasetuspto-grants-2015_06
ORD IDord-75c9ad0b6f614e7da155d19778ae5f66
Source noteuspto-grants-2015_06