Hydrolysis of esters in subcritical and supercritical water

✍ Scribed by Petra Krammer; Herbert Vogel

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 399 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0896-8446
• DOI: 10.1016/s0896-8446(99)00032-7

✦ Synopsis

The task of this work was to gain a better understanding of the hydrolysis of esters in sub-and supercritical water (SCW ). Therefore, the kinetics of the hydrolysis of ethyl acetate as a model reaction was studied in the pressure and temperature range of 23-30 MPa and 250-400°C, respectively. The corresponding reaction mechanisms in sub-and supercritical water were discussed.