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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yuval Halpern, Skokie, IL (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 6/703 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 6/703 ;
Abstract
A non-catalytic process for producing esters, the process comprising reacting an ammonium salt of a carboxylic acid with an alcohol and removing ammonia from the reaction mixture. Selectivities for the desired ester product can exceed 95 percent.