Synthesis of Isoamyl Acetate Catalyzed by Ferric Sulfate

Acetate is synthesized with isoamyl alcohol to produce isoamyl acetate with ferric sulfate as catalyst.The affects of molar ratio of acetic acid to iso-amyl alcohol,catalyst amount and reaction time of the reaction are investigated.The experiment results show ferric sulfate is a good catalyst for synthesizing isoamyl acetate.The optimal conditions are found as follows:molar ratio of acetic acid to iso-amyl alcohol is 1:1.3(amount of acetic acid is 0.1mol),the weight of catalyst is 0.9g,the deaquation reagent is cyclohexane and reaction time is 1h,the yield of the ethyl oleate can be up to 96.69%.