Process

Advantages

Disadvantages

Chemical

Simplicity;

High yield;

Short reaction time.

Difficulty of separating the catalyst;

Impossibility of reusing the catalyst;

Difficulty of use hydrated ethanol;

Obtaining products with lower purity.

Enzymatic

Ease of catalyst (support) separation;

Obtaining products with higher purity;

Possibility of using hydrated ethanol in the reaction.

Long reaction time;

Enzymes cost;

Low yield.