Thermal and catalytic oligomerisation of fatty acids

Pasi Tolvanen, Päivi Mäki-Arvela, Narendra Kumar, Kari Eränen, Rainer Sjöholm, Jarl Hemming, Bjarne Holmbom, Tapio Salmi, Dmitry Yu. Murzin*

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Abstract

Thermal and catalytic oligomerisation of technical grade linoleic acid was investigated under argon atmosphere at 280 °C. The most efficient catalyst was H-MCM-41 followed by H-Beta 75. Several types of products, such as cyclic and aromatic compounds were formed indicating a complex reaction network for catalytic oligomerisation of fatty acids.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-11
Number of pages11
JournalApplied Catalysis A: General
Volume330
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Oct 2007
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

This work is part of activities at the Åbo Akademi Process Chemistry Centre of Excellence Programmes (2000–2011) financed by the Academy of Finland. The authors acknowledge Mr. Teemu Heikkilä at the University of Turku, Department of Physics, who performed XRD-analysis and Dr Paul Ek at Åbo Akademi University, who carried out ICP–MS analysis.

Keywords

  • Linoleic acid oligomerisation
  • Mesoporous materials
  • Size exclusion chromatography

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