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Potential Utilization Of Fusel Oil: A Kinetic Approach For Production Of Fusel Oil Esters Through Chemical Reaction, Zeki Küçücük, Kadim Ceylan

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Fusel oil is a by-product of the distillation of ethyl alcohol from the fermentation of molasses and contains mainly C3-C5 alcohols. Acetic acid and butyric acid esters of its major alcohol components have economic value as chemicals for flavor and fragrance manufacturing. This study presents some data regarding the uncatalyzed esterification of fusel oil with acetic acid, propionic acid and butyric acid. The reactions were carried out at two temperatures, i.e., $45^{\circ}$C and under the reflux conditions ($80-85^{\circ}$C). The composition of raw fusel oil and the reaction mixtures were determined by gas chromatography. The reaction rate constants for the formation …