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Reduction of glyceride oils to fatty alcohols with sodium borohydride‐ t ‐butanol‐methanol
Author(s) -
Rao Y. Rajeswara,
Pantulu A. J.,
Lakshminarayana G.
Publication year - 1989
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/bf02885456
Subject(s) - glyceride , chemistry , sodium borohydride , linseed oil , degree of unsaturation , methanol , organic chemistry , butanol , cottonseed oil , coconut oil , ethanol , fatty acid , food science , catalysis
Various glyceride oils were reduced to fatty alcohols by refluxing them with sodium borohydride in a mixture of t ‐butanol and methanol. Chemical characteristics and infrared spectral analyses showed the products to consist mainly of alcohols and the unreduced oils. Olefinic unsaturation was not affected. Castor, coconut and mustard oils yielded 89, 84 and 60% alcohols, respectively, and cottonseed, safflower, linseed, soybean and Hydnocarpus wightiana seed oils yielded 72–78% alcohols.