Study on Synthesis of Butyl Oleate

Butyl Oleate is synthesized with oleic acid and n-butyl alcohol as reactants and sodium bisulfate as catalyst.The factors influencing the reaction are investigated.Experimental results indicate that the best reaction conditions of are as follows: oleic acid is 0.05 mol,the mole ratio of n-butyl alcohol to oleic acid is 1.4,catalyst is 0.25g,the reaction time is 1h and the yield of product is up to 99.1%.