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Sebacic acid and 2‐octanol from castor oil
Author(s) -
Vasishtha A. K.,
Trivedi R. K.,
Das G.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02539685
Subject(s) - sebacic acid , castor oil , pyrolysis , chemistry , octanol , alkali metal , catalysis , mineral oil , organic chemistry , partition coefficient
Alkali pyrolysis of castor oil was carried out in the presence of white mineral oil. The operating parameters were optimized to obtain high yields of 2‐octanol and sebacic acid. Alkali pyrolysis at 280±2°C in the presence of 1% red lead catalyst yielded 70.1% 2‐octanol and 72.5% sebacic acid on the basis of their respective theoretical yields.