Back then, the ester used was olive oil and the product they made was the first soap. It's essentially the same reaction that made the Diet Coke taste nasty (3) (Figure 1): Figure 1. The ...

Figure 2 shows the chemical structures of some common artificial sweeteners. Note that only aspartame contains an ester group (red circle), making it susceptible to acid- or base-catalyzed hydrolysis.

Methyl formate, a clear, volatile liquid, is the simplest carboxylate ester. It can be made in the lab by the acid-catalyzed esterification of formic acid and methanol. Industrially, it is produced by ...

The different activities of lipase depend on the characteristics of the reaction system, such as promoting ester hydrolysis at the oil-water interface, and enzymatic synthesis and transesterification ...

Composition of fatty acid in oils is most often determined by modified acid-catalyzed esterification and trans-esterification of free fatty acids and glycerides, with the use of gas chromatography.