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What is a transesterification?

What is a transesterification? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (organic chemistry) The reaction of an ester with an alcohol in order to replace the alkoxy group; it is used in the synthesis of polyesters and in the production of biodiesel
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The transesterification reaction breaks the link between the fatty acid and glycerine, using base catalysis and an alcohol.
Biodiesel is produced through the transesterification of vegetable oils and, blended with gas oil, is used in diesel motors.
The transesterification process will form trimethyolpropane monoesters and trimethylolpropane diester as intermediate results, and trimethylolpropane triester as main product.
Methyl esters of the fatty acids in milk fat were prepared by transesterification with sodium methoxide according to the method of Christie.
Crucially, we find that each active site of a transposase dimer is responsible for two hydrolysis and one transesterification reaction at the same time.
Possible transreactions for polyesters and polyamides are depicted in Scheme 1 and include alcoholysis, transesterification, aminolysis, and amidolysis.

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