Highly Efficient Esterification of Ferulic Acid Under Microwave Irradiation

Abstract

A highly efficient synthesis of alkyl ferulates under microwave irradiation is described. The time of these reactions ranged from 3 to 5 minutes, which was much shorter than the traditional synthetic methods, and the alkyl ferulates were obtained in higher yields.

Keywords

• esterification
• ferulic acid
• microwave irradiation
• highly efficient