Facile Synthesis of Ethyl Acetate over ZrO₂.TiO₂ Mixed Oxide Supported Vanadium Boasted Phosphomolybdic Acid Catalyst at Room Temperature

Table 6

Catalytic results of esterification with various alcohols over 40 wt% VPMA/ZrO₂.TiO₂ catalysts^a.

Alcohol	Acetic acid conversion (%)	Ester yield (%)
Methanol	96	96
Ethanol	93	93
Butanol	79	79
Hexanol	62	62
Benzyl alcohol	83	83

^aReaction conditions 10 mmol (acetic acid), 20 mmol (alcohol), catalyst = 0.1 g, room temperature.