The property's characteristic,applied scope and the product and consumption of citrate plasticizers of both outside and inside the country at present were introduced,and the market's prospect of the environment frienally plasticizers was also forcasted.

The progress in synthesis of citrate surfactant are outlined.

Research of ionic liquids as catalyst on the synthesis of citric acid esters was one of the hotspot in the esterification of citric acid.

Recent researches on synthesis and application of citric acid esters were introduced.

Synthesis of nontoxic plasticizer tri-n-butyl citrate using nanosized Y_2O_3 as catalyst;

Catalytic synthesis of tri-n-butyl citrate;

Preparation of SO_4~(2-)/Zr-CLR and its catalytic properties in the synthesis of tri-n-butyl citrate;