s been selected as the representative reactant. Oleic acid was
esterified with methanol by homogeneous acid catalyst in DMol3
module to reveal the correlative mechanisms of FFA esterification
via searching for the transition states and possible intermediates
of the designed pathways, and analyzing the structure microscopic
parameters, thermodynamic function change and kinetic function
change. Our obtained results will provide a theoretical reference for
FFA esterification reaction in the utilization of WCO for biodiesel
synthesis.