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Synthetic fatty acids in Eastern Europe
Author(s) -
Zilch Karl T.
Publication year - 1968
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/bf02679036
Subject(s) - raw material , organic chemistry , chemistry , tallow , pound (networking) , business , food science , computer science , world wide web
For over a century various investigators have studied the air oxidation of paraffinic hydrocarbons to produce synthetic fatty acids. Today in the socialistic countries there are six to eight plants manufacturing these acids to replace in soaps tallow fatty acids which are needed as a source of food. The principal technological advances in air oxidation, prior to World War II, were made by Germany while more recently Russia and its satellite countries have made the major contributions. Although the oxidation involves a multitude of chemical reactions taking place consecutively and simultaneously, it has been fairly well established that the alkylhydroperoxide precursors are converted to alcohols and then further oxidized to carboxylic acids. The cost of manufacturing synthetic fatty acids in Eastern Europe ranges between 8–12¢ per pound depending upon the raw material, processing costs and by‐products.