Take a carboxylic acid and react with an alcohol. Distill off the ester to get the formula, RCOOH + R'OH <=> RCOOR' + H2O. Decarbonylate it with a decarbonylation catalyst like Palladium or its compound. Palladium(II) Acetate is also.
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