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Synthesis of Carbonated Vernonia Oil
Author(s) -
Mann Noel,
Mendon Sharathkumar K.,
Rawlins James W.,
Thames Shelby F.
Publication year - 2008
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/s11746-008-1249-3
Subject(s) - viscosity , carbonate , carbon dioxide , supercritical fluid , epoxy , supercritical carbon dioxide , chemical engineering , chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , composite material , engineering
The research objective was to determine whether naturally occurring epoxy functional vernonia oil would result in lower viscosity compounds after converting the virgin oil into the cyclic carbonate using supercritical carbon dioxide as the reactant. The cyclic carbonate was produced using relatively mild conditions as described in the paper. Carbonated vernonia oil retains the characteristic low viscosity of vernonia oil, and offers potential as a valuable, biobased intermediate for synthesizing low viscosity resins.