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The oxidation of methyl oleate. II. A reaction between methyl hydroperoxido oleate and oleic acid
Author(s) -
Swift C. E.,
Dollear F. G.
Publication year - 1948
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/bf02593189
Subject(s) - degree of unsaturation , methyl oleate , oleic acid , chemistry , oxygen , organic chemistry , oxidation reduction , double bond , medicinal chemistry , photochemistry , catalysis , biochemistry
Oleic acid is intermolecularly oxidized by methyl hydroperoxido leate at 90°C, through the addition of oxygen at the olefinic bond with the formation of opexy and dihydroxy compounds. Only the lowmelting isomeric form of dihydroxystearic acid could be isolated from the reaction mixture. The oxidation of olefinic linkages by hydroperoxides appears to account, at least in part, for the observed reduction of unsaturation in autoxidizing fats.