Citric Acid → Butyrate

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The catalysts used in the present invention include inorganic acids, such as sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid and phosphoric acid, and organic acids, such as acetic acid, oxalic acid, citric acid, p-toluene sulfonic acid and methane sulfonic acid, among which the strong acids including sulfuric acid, p-toluene sulfonic acid and methane sulfonic acid are preferred. The boiling points of propylene glycol monomethyl ether iso-butyrate and n-butyrate obtained according to the present application are 167.2° C. and 180.5° C., respectively, while other reactants and products having respective boiling point of 120° C. for PGM, 154.4° C. for iso-butyric acid, 164° C. for n-butyric acid and 100° C. for water. It is apparently easier to rectify this solution comparing the respective boiling point of 146° C. for propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, 118° C. for acetic acid and 120° C. for PGM as in the conventional case. This is one of the effect achieved by the process according to the present invention.

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