The objectives of the present study were to synthesise 2-phenethyl
alcohol-derived flavour esters by both chemical and enzymecatalysed esterification of fatty acids with 2-phenethyl alcohol. Moreover, we aimed to convert butter oil and 2-phenethyl alcohol
into valuable 2-phenethyl alcohol-derived esters through Lipozyme TL IM-mediated solvent-free transesterification and to understand the influence of some synthetic parameters (temperature,
substrate molar ratio, enzyme loading, shaking speed and time) in order to achieve a higher conversion of 2-phenethyl alcohol to esters.