Study on Synthesis of n-Butyl Acetate Catalyzed by SnCl_4·5H_2O/C

The optimum technological conditions were studied on the synthesis of n-Butyl acetate by the reaction of acetic acid and n-butyl alcohol with SnCl4·5H2O/C as catalyst. It shows that the yield is over 93% when molar ratio of n-butyl alcohol and acetic acid is 1.5:1, reaction time of reflux is 2.0 h, mass of catalyst is 10%. Advantages of the process are higher yield, simple procedure, shorter reaction time, non-corrosive, non-pollution, etc.