Stearic Acid → Palmitic Acid

HRID 1032886Notes

Reaction equation

[C:1]([OH:20])(=[O:19])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16]CC.CCCCC/C=C\C/C=C\CCCCCCCC(O)=O>>[C:1]([OH:20])(=[O:19])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH3:16]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 5281Stearic Acid

HCID 5280450Linoleic Acid2×

Product 1

HCID 985Palmitic Acid

Procedure

from about 40 to about 70% stearic acid; from about 20 to about 50% oleic and elaidic (C18:3) acids; less than about 12% linoleic (C18:3) acid; and less than about 0.6% linolenic (C18:3) acid.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-e9fa4978161048398c87f02df9ff0ff2
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1994_05
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05308640

Reaction notes

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