Resum
Vegetable oils and fats are important renewable raw materials for use by the biodiesel industry. One drawback of this industry is the large amounts of glycerol produced as a by-product. Consequently, crude glycerol is moving from a by-product to a residue. New industrial applications for this substance are required. A conversion of this by-product to allyl esters using various fatty materials in a two-step process is reported: After a simultaneous alcoholysis-chlorination reaction of vegetable oils and fats without a solvent, allyl esters were synthesized in a high yield by a rearrangement-elimination reaction using n-butanol as a solvent. All the reactions could be carried out using conventional heating or microwave irradiation with comparable results. Microwave irradiation allows for an important reduction in the reaction time.
Idioma original | Anglès |
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Pàgines (de-a) | 285-290 |
Nombre de pàgines | 6 |
Revista | Waste and Biomass Valorization |
Volum | 2 |
Número | 3 |
DOIs | |
Estat de la publicació | Publicada - d’ag. 2011 |
Publicat externament | Sí |