Patent ID: 7005537

Claim:
A method of making an ester comprising: (a) contacting an olefin selected from the group consisting of ethylene propylene, isoolefins, normal butenes, and C 5 to C 18 olefins with carbon monoxide and a BF 3 2ROH acid composition to form a product composition; (b) adding ROH to the product composition of (a); and (c) separating a BF 3 2ROH acid product from the ester, wherein ROH is selected from methanol; n-propanol; n-butanol; 2-propanol 2-ethyl hexanol; isohexanol; isoheptanol; isooctanol; isononanol; 3,5,5-trimethyl hexanol; isodecanol; isotridecanol; 1-octanol; 1-decanol; 1-dodecanol; 1-tetradecanol and mixtures thereof.