METHOD FOR PRODUCING ESTER AND ESTERIFICATION CATALYST

摘要

A process for producing an ester includes the step of allowing a carboxylic acid to react with an alcohol, wherein an ammonium sulfonate is used as an esterification catalyst, the ammonium sulfonate being composed of an ammonium cation having a basic skeleton represented by formula (1) (wherein n represents 1 or 2) in which hydrogen atoms in the benzene rings and hydrogen atoms bonded to bridge carbon may be substituted), and a sulfonic acid anion represented by RSO 3 - (wherein R represents an arene, a perfluoroalkane having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or a bulky alkane).