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Aromatic Acids of Carnauba Wax
Author(s) -
Vandenburg L. E.,
Wilder E. A.
Publication year - 1967
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/bf02680038
Subject(s) - carnauba wax , wax , cinnamates , chemistry , cinnamic acid , organic chemistry
Cinnamic acid with para ‐hydroxy and para ‐methoxy substitution has been isolated from carnauba wax in a yield of about 5%. The para ‐hydroxycinnamic acid accounts for approximately 75% of the total aromatic acids. These hitherto unreported aromatic acids occur predominantly as part of a polymerizable diester of approximate average molecular weight 1025. Certain properties of carnauba wax are believed to be due to the presence of about 30% of these diesters. Except for trace amounts, no significant quantities of these aromatic acids could be isolated in the free state from the whole wax.

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