text: * Favorskii rearrangement of α-haloketones in presence of base
  * Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of ketones with peroxides
  * Pinner reaction of nitriles with an alcohol
  * Nucleophilic abstraction of a metal–acyl complex
  *Hydrolysis of orthoesters in aqueous acid
  *Cellulolysis via esterification
  * Ozonolysis of alkenes using a work up in the presence of hydrochloric acid and various alcohols.
  * Anodic oxidation of methyl ketones leading to methyl esters.
  * Interesterification exchanges the fatty acid groups of different esters.