Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
6-30-1956
Degree Name
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Chemical Engineering
First Advisor
James A. Bradley
Abstract
An attempt was made to prepare pure methyl borate by an ester interchange using a high-boiling alkyl borate in combination with methyl benzoate or methyl phthalate. The product, assumed to be methyl borate, boiled at about 70°C., which is 5° higher than the expected boiling point, and analyzed at 88 to 95%.
Various catalysts, such as hydrochloric acid, sodium methoxide, p-toluene sulfonic acid, aluminum isopropoxide, and aluminum chloride, were tried before magnesium-aluminum ethoxide was chosen as the best catalyst for this particular tranesterification reaction.
Recommended Citation
Eichmann, Garry Gustav, "Transesterification of alkyl borates" (1956). Theses. 2410.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/2410
