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Alkali‐catalyzed alcoholysis of crambe oil and camelina oil for the preparation of long‐chain esters
Author(s) -
Steinke Georg,
Schönwiese Stefanie,
Mukherjee Kumar D.
Publication year - 2000
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/s11746-000-0060-2
Subject(s) - camelina , crambe , camelina sativa , organic chemistry , oleyl alcohol , chemistry , alkyl , alcohol , potassium hydroxide , octanol , food science , botany , agronomy , biology , crop , partition coefficient
The alcoholysis of crambe and camelina oils was carried out with oleyl alcohol, alcohols derived from crambe and camelina oils, and n ‐octanol using potassium hydroxide as catalyst to prepare alkyl esters. Conversions to alkyl esters were about 0% with oleyl alcohol, 20–45% with crambe and camelina alcohols, and 60% with n ‐octanol. The conversion to esters for crambe and camelina oil with oleyl alcohol and n ‐octanol increased with increasing molar excess of alcohol. Composition of the alkyl esters formed was as expected from the composition of the reaction partners.