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A monoglyceride‐rich tung oil product
Author(s) -
Eaves P. H.,
Spadaro J. J.,
Cirino V. O.,
Patton E. L.
Publication year - 1961
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/bf02637979
Subject(s) - monoglyceride , sodium methoxide , glycerol , glyceride , chemistry , chromatography , organic chemistry , methanol , fatty acid
A method for preparing tung monoglycerides (1) by the reaction of tung oil with an excess of glycerol in the presence of sodium methoxide as the catalyst has been adapted to the preparation of large batches of material. Laboratory scale studies have shown that a product analyzing as containing up to 50% of tung monoglycerides is produced when the reaction is carried out at 150ŶC. for one hour with an excess of 1 mole of glycerol and 1% of sodium methoxide (based on oil weight). The data were applied successfully to three batchwise pilotplant preparations using from 30 to 47 pounds of tung oil to produce a product containing from 32% to 45% tung monoglycerides. Unreated glycerol was successfully separated from the product by centrifugation, with no water or salt solution washing, to give a product containing 1.5% to 3.5% free glycerol. Difficulties were encountered in analyzing the product for monoglyceride, and it was found that the triene conjugation contributed to high results, However, there also appear to be components other than simple monoglycerides in the product which analyze as monoglycerides to give a falsely high value, as evidenced by differences found by analyses of the products before and after essentially complete hydrogenation.