| Butanol conversion (%) | Yield of BAc (%) | Composition of the reaction medium | ||||
% | AcOH | EtOH | EAc | H2O | |||
At the end of reaction | 99.4 | 98 | mol | 48.4 | 0.3 | 48.5 | 2.8 |
w/w | 40.1 | 0.2 | 59.0 | 0.7 | |||
After distillation | 100 | 87 | mol | 9.1 | 0.0 | 85.4 | 5.4 |
w/w | 6.7 | 0.0 | 92.1 | 1.2 |