Possible Interaction: Alcohols and Octanoic Acid

“Addition of octanoic , decanoic, or dodecanoic acids (as K+ salts) to the broth (100 mg L−1) markedly increased the production of the corresponding alcohols by E. coli, ranging from a 13-fold increase for decanol to a 51-fold increase for dodecanol.”

“The Vm values of the esterification of octanoic acid with different alcohols was 10-30-times lower than those for the corresponding transesterification of ethyl octanoate.”