Transesterification of the ethyl ester of trifluoroacetic acid to its methyl ester using Amberlyst-15: reaction and purification

RR Devale, AM Katariya… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Esters of trifluoroacetic acid are compounds having important applications in the process
industry. Methyl trifluoroacetate (MTFA) is useful as an intermediate in the manufacture of …

Ethyl trifluoroacetate formation as a means to recover trifluoroacetic acid from dilute aqueous mixture: reaction, separation and purification

RR Devale, A Katariya, YS Mahajan - Journal of the Chinese …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Recovery of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) by distillation is difficult due to the existence of a high
boiling azeotrope. Esterification of TFA to ethyl trifluoroacetate was performed in this work in …