They stated that the forward and reverse reactions followed pseudo-first-order and
second-order kinetics, respectively. This conclusion of pseudo-first-order forward reaction is consistent with
preliminary results in our laboratory (Ripmeester, 1998; McBride, 1999). Since soybean oil and butanol rather
than canola oil and methanol were used in their work, the kinetic information given by Freedman et al. (1986)
was not used as the basis of the present study.