A form of this reaction which uses DCC as a coupling agent is named for Steglich, while the acid-catalyzed reaction of an alcohol with a carboxylic acid is the best-known type of this reaction.
In one type of this reaction, DMAP is employed to prevent a side reaction that forms N-acyl ureas. LCAT modifies steroids by this reaction, and cutinases can be used industrially to ensure regioselectivity in reactions of this type. In the Nicolau and Holton total Taxol syntheses, a moiety formed by a variant of this reaction is the leaving group in the intermolecular SN2 reaction that forms the D ring; that leaving group can be a mesylate or a tosylate. This type of reaction is used to produce benzocaine from PABA, and, when run in reverse, it is known as saponification. A form of this reaction which uses DCC as a coupling agent is named for Steglich, while the acid-catalyzed reaction of an alcohol with a carboxylic acid is the best-known type of this reaction. For ten points, name this class of reactions whose end product is a chemical with formula R-C-O-O-R-prime, one of which is named for Fischer.
In one type of this reaction, DMAP is employed to prevent a side reaction that forms N-acyl ureas.
esterification [accept equivalents like ester synthesis, don't accept etherification or ether synthesis]