Reaction of ethylene oxide or propylene oxide with long-chain fatty acids. Mono-and diester formation

AN Wrigley, FD Smith, AJ Stirton

Index: Wrigley et al. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 1959 , vol. 36, p. 34

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Abstract

Summary The alkali-catalyzed reaction of ethylene oxide or propylene oxide with fatty acids was shown to be complex. Mono-and diesters were formed in comparable amounts even at an early stage when only about one equivalent of the cyclic ether had been condensed. The following compounds were isolated in a pure state: ethylene glycol monolaurate, ethylene glycol dilaurate, diethylene glycol dilaurate, ethylene glycol distearate, 1, 2-propylene ...