Y. Itoi, M. Inoue, S. Enomoto
Dec 1, 1986
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Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
Abstract
The epoxidation of fatty acid esters was carried out with a 30% aqueous hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a molybdenum oxide–tributyltin chloride on a charcoal catalyst in 2-propanol at 50 °C. Such inner olefins as ethyl erucate and ethyl oleate gave good yields of 77 and 76%, respectively. Ethyl elaidate, a trans-form of ethyl oleate, was less reactive (40% yield). Several vegetable oils such as rapeseed oil, olive oil, soybean oil, cottonseed oil, corn oil, and linseed oil were oxidized with the oxirane oxygen contents of 5.3 to 3.5%.