The butyl acrylate (BAc) synthesis from the esterification reaction of acrylic acid (AAc) with 1-butanol in a fixed-bed adsorptive reactor packed with Amberlyst 15 ion exchange resin was evaluated.Adsorption experiments were carried out with non-reactive pairs at two temperatures (323 and 363 K). The experimental results were used to obtain multicomponent adsorption equilibrium isotherms of Langmuir type.Reactive adsorption experiments using different feed molar ratios and flow rates were performed, at 363 K, and used to validate a mathematical model developed to describe the dynamic behaviour of the fixed-bed adsorptive reactor for the BAc synthesis.Due to the simultaneous reaction and separation steps, it was possible to obtain a BAc maximum concentration 38% higher than the equilibrium concentration (for an equimolar reactants ratio solution as feed at a flow rate of 0.9 mL.min-1 and 363 K) showing that sorption enhanced reaction technologies are very promising for BAc synthesis. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.