Acrylonitrile → Oleic Acid

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Reaction Steps

The cross metathesis reaction of acrylonitrile is preferably carried out with a compound chosen from 9-decenoic acid or methyl 9-decenoate, which are obtained from the ethenolysis of oleic acid or of methyl oleate, or of a triglyceride containing oleic acid; 10-undecenoic acid or methyl 10-undecenoate, which are obtained from the cracking of ricinoleic acid or from methyl ricinoleate, oleic acid, or methyl oleate; 9-octadecenedioic acid or methyl 9-octadecenedioate, which are obtained from homometathesis or from the fermentation of oleic acid, erucic acid, and methyl erucate; 12-tridecenoic acid or methyl 12-tridecenoate, which are obtained from the thermal cracking of lesquerolic acid; 13-tetradecenoic acid or methyl 13-tetradecenoate, which are obtained from the ethenolysis of erucic acid, lesquerolic acid and methyl lesquerolate, gondoic acid or methyl gondoate; 11-dodecenoic acid or methyl 11-dodecenoate, which are obtained from the ethenolysis of lesquerolic acid or of gondoic acid.

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