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Cis‐Trans isomerization of unsaturated fatty acid methyl esters without double bond migration
Author(s) -
Sgoutas D. S.,
Kummerow F. A.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02533187
Subject(s) - isomerization , double bond , chemistry , methyl oleate , fatty acid , clinical chemistry , polyunsaturated fatty acid , cis–trans isomerism , stereochemistry , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , biochemistry
Trans isomerization of monoenoic and dienoic fatty acid methyl esters has been carried out with thiols and diphenylphosphine in the presence of azobisisobutylnitrile. The equilibrium mixture contained 75–80% trans double bonds and there was no migration of the double bonds.