Catalytic epoxidation of methyl linoleate
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN OIL CHEMISTS SOCIETY, vol.81, no.5, pp.477-480, 2004 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 81 Issue: 5
- Publication Date: 2004
- Doi Number: 10.1007/s11746-004-0926-3
- Journal Name: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN OIL CHEMISTS SOCIETY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.477-480
- Keywords: catalytic epoxidation, epoxidized fatty acid methyl esters, iron porphyrin, manganese porphyrin, methyl linoleate, methyltrioxorhenium, OAT SEED PEROXYGENASE, MAIN-GROUP ELEMENTS, TRANSITION-METALS, MULTIPLE BONDS, ESTERS, ALKENES, ACID, OIL
- Ankara University Affiliated: No
Abstract
The epoxidation of methyl linoleate was examined using transition metal complexes as catalysts. With a catalytic amount of methyltrioxorhenium (4 mol%) and pyridine, methyl linoleate was completely epoxidized by aqueous H2O2 within 4 h. Longer reaction times (6 h) were needed with I mol% catalyst loading. Manganese tetraphenylporphyrin chloride was found to catalyze the partial epoxidation of methyl linoleate. A monoepoxidized species was obtained as the major product (63%) after 20 h.