n -butyl p -hydroxybenzoate was synthesized by the esterification of n -Butyl alcohol with p -hydroxybenzoic acid in the presence of sodium bisulfate monohydrate.The results obtained indicated that sodium bisulfate monohydrate possessed a fairly hig h catalytic activity for the esterification reaction.The effects of p -hydroxybenzoic acid /n -butyl alcohol molar ratio,the amount of sodium bisulfate monohydrate catalyst used and reaction time on the yield of n -butyl p -hydroxybenzoate have been investig ated.The yield of the ester obtained under the typical reaction conditions (p -hydroxybenzo...