Department of Chemistry, Bangalore Institute of Technology, K. R. Road, V. V. Puram, Bangalore-560 004, India E-mail : jprak27@yahoo.com Fax : 91-80-26526796 Department of Chemistry, Bangalore University, Central College Campus, Bangalore-560 001, India Manuscript received 2 September 2004, revised 31 May 2005, accepted 14 July 2005 Esterification of various carboxylic acids with phenol and alcohols has been achieved using acid activated Indian bentonite (AAIB) as catalyst. The catalyst is

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... tile, and the reaction is found to work well for primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols. The yields are very good under specific reaction conditions.