B. Saha et Mm. Sharma, REACTION OF DICYCLOPENTADIENE WITH FORMIC-ACID AND CHLOROACETIC ACID WITH AND WITHOUT CATION-EXCHANGE RESINS AS CATALYSTS, Reactive & functional polymers, 34(2-3), 1997, pp. 161-173
The uncatalysed and catalysed (with cation-exchange resin) esterificat
ion of formic acid and chloroacetic acid, with dicyclopentadiene (DCPD
), i.e. 4,7-methano-3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydroindene, was carried out. The e
ffect of various parameters, e.g. speed of agitation, catalyst loading
, mole ratio of the reactants, temperature, concentration of formic ac
id in aqueous solutions were studied to optimise the reaction conditio
ns. DCPD can be quantitatively converted to the corresponding ester of
formic acid even without a catalyst; the effect of catalysts is very
substantial. A comparison of the rate of esterification between formic
acid and chloroacetic acid, with DCPD was made. The experimental data
for esterification of formic acid with DCPD were analysed and correla
ted by the model based on Eley-Rideal mechanism.