Premium
Alkaline cleavage of hydroxy unsaturated fatty acids. I. Ricinoleic acid and lesquerolic acid
Author(s) -
Diamond M. J.,
Binder R. G.,
Applewhite T. H.
Publication year - 1965
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/bf02541184
Subject(s) - ricinoleic acid , chemistry , organic chemistry , cleavage (geology) , aqueous solution , fatty acid , castor oil , materials science , fracture (geology) , composite material
Abstract The effects of temperature and media on the fusion of ricinoleic and lesquerolic acid derivatives with concentrated aqueous alkali were examined. Improved yields of ३ ‐hydroxy acids were obtained by use of excess 2‐octanol. The effect of excess 2‐octanol is discussed in relation to a recently proposed reaction mechanism.