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Long‐chain unsaturated alcohols from jojoba oil by sodium reduction
Author(s) -
Molaison L. J.,
O'Connor R. T.,
Spadaro J. J.
Publication year - 1959
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/bf02639610
Subject(s) - wax , chemistry , moiety , organic chemistry , fatty alcohol , sodium , long chain , fatty acid , polymer science
Summary Jojoba oil is a liquid wax composed essentially of C 20 and C 22 straight‐chain monoethylenic acids and alcohols in the form of esters. Sodium reduction of the wax fatty esters in jojoba oil yielded quantitatively a mixture of unsaturated, long‐chain alcohols from the acid moiety of the jojoba oil. Yields of about 91% were obtained in the laboratory‐scale experiments and 82 to 86 for the pilot‐plant experiments. Analytical data, including detailed infrared spectra information, are given for the resulting product alcohols.