• Swarnali Pathak
• Dibakar Chandra Deka

These days dicarboxylic esters are believed to be green chemicals containing a large amount of oxygen and many di-esters can be put together with fuels. Di-succinate esters are green solvents that have performance and environmental benefits. Transesterification plays an important role here as it shows a simple path for the synthesis of more complex products from more easily accessible compounds. Here we report the transesterification of diethyl succinate with a series of structurally varied alcohols in presence of a heterogeneous, non-toxic, reusable and inexpensive catalyst derived from the trunk and rhizome of Musa balbisiana colla which afforded moderate to low yield of the products. The catalyst is derived from the trunk and rhizome of the post-harvest banana plant waste of the Musa balbisiana variety known as kolakhar in the Assamese community and available at no cost. The catalytic efficiency is the same for both the catalysts in the transesterification of diethyl succinate.

transesterification, diethyl succinate, banana plant, kolakhar, catalysis, heterogeneous

"Transesterification of Dicarboxylic Esters with Kolakhar made from Musa balbisiana as a Catalyst ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.270-274, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905O42.pdf

"Transesterification of Dicarboxylic Esters with Kolakhar made from Musa balbisiana as a Catalyst ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp270-274, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905O42.pdf