Editing Ester (section)

=== Other methods ===
* [[Favorskii rearrangement]] of α-haloketones in presence of base
* [[Baeyer–Villiger oxidation]] of ketones with peroxides
* [[Pinner reaction]] of [[nitrile]]s with an alcohol
* [[Nucleophilic abstraction]] of a metal–acyl complex
*Hydrolysis of [[orthoesters]] in aqueous acid
*Cellulolysis via esterification<ref name="Synthesis of glucose esters from cellulose in ionic liquids">{{cite journal|last=Ignatyev|first=Igor|author2=Charlie Van Doorslaer |author3=Pascal G.N. Mertens |author4=Koen Binnemans |author5=Dirk. E. de Vos |journal=Holzforschung|year=2011|volume=66|issue=4|pages=417–425|title=Synthesis of glucose esters from cellulose in ionic liquids|doi=10.1515/hf.2011.161|s2cid=101737591|url=http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/hfsg.2012.66.issue-4/hf.2011.161/hf.2011.161.xml|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* [[Ozonolysis]] of [[alkene]]s using a [[Work-up (chemistry)|work up]] in the presence of [[hydrochloric acid]] and various [[alcohols]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Neumeister|first1=Joachim|last2=Keul|first2=Helmut|last3=Pratap Saxena|first3=Mahendra|last4=Griesbaum|first4=Karl|title=Ozone Cleavage of Olefins with Formation of Ester Fragments|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English|date=1978|volume=17|issue=12|pages=939–940|doi=10.1002/anie.197809392}}</ref>
* [[Electrosynthesis#Anodic oxidations|Anodic oxidation]] of [[Methyl group|methyl]] [[ketones]] leading to methyl esters.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Makhova|first1=Irina V.|last2=Elinson|first2=Michail N.|last3=Nikishin|first3=Gennady I.|title=Electrochemical oxidation of ketones in methanol in the presence of alkali metal bromides|journal=Tetrahedron|date=1991|volume=47|issue=4–5|pages=895–905|doi=10.1016/S0040-4020(01)87078-2}}</ref>
* [[Fat interesterification|Interesterification]] exchanges the fatty acid groups of different esters.