A carboxylic acid tertiary alkyl ester (Chemical formula 1) of high purity
is obtained at a high yield ratio, by continually adding an esterification
agent possessing a monovalent acid group, which agent is
ester-interchangeable with a tertiary alcohol, to a mixed fluid of a
carboxylic acid and a tertiary alcohol:
R.sub.1 (COOR.sub.2).sub.n. (1)