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Effects of solvent and of catalyst on the acid-catalyzed esterification of levulinic acid via activity-based models

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Effects of solvent and of catalyst on the acid-catalyzed esterification of levulinic acid via activity-based models

This study focuses on understanding the kinetics and thermodynamics of the esterification of levulinic acid with ethanol.
So far, thermodynamic models have been used to predict solvent influences on reaction rates and reaction yields. The idea
of this work was to also consider the catalyst activity in the kinetic model. Accessing catalyst activity with the model ePCSAFT
allowed the first time to precisely predict the catalyst effects on reaction rates.