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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-11 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Applied Catalysis A: General |
| Volume | 330 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 10 Oct 2007 |
| MoE publication type | A1 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