Use of crude glycerol from biodiesel producers and fatty materials to prepare allyl esters

M. Escribà, J. Eras, G. Villorbina, M. Balcells, C. Blanch, N. Barniol, R. Canela

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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 originalAnglès
Pàgines (de-a)285-290
Nombre de pàgines6
RevistaWaste and Biomass Valorization
Volum2
Número3
DOIs
Estat de la publicacióPublicada - d’ag. 2011
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