Structure - function correlation in lipase catalysed esterification reactions of short and medium carbon chain length alcohols and acids

An attempt has been made to correlate the carbon chain lengths of acids and alcohols to the extent of esterification in the Rhizomucor miehei lipase catalyzed esterification reactions involving acids of carbon chain length C 2 - C 5 and alcohols of carbon chain length C 1 - C 8 .