Did you ever take a swig of aspartame-sweetened diet soda and have it taste nasty? Sour, metallic, and vile, but not sweet.

Hydroxyl-Directed Acyl Transfer Catalysis: Our research on acyl transfer catalysis began with an interest in rendering ester hydrolysis hydroxyl-directed, and thereby enable the selective hydrolysis ...

Fat/Oil + Sodium\, Hydroxide \rightarrow Soap + Glycerol\) Fats and oils are esters made from glycerol and long chain fatty acids. Consider the hydrolysis of this triglyceride found in animal fat.

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A common carboxylic acid is ethanoic acid ... Esters, fats and oils Esters are formed in condensation reactions and broken by hydrolysis. Fats and oils, important compounds in our diet, are ...