Glycerol → Glycerol Monooleate 1.2-Hexadecanediol

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Approximately 92 g of glycerol monooleate (commercially available as 60/40 mixture of glycerol monoleate/glycerol diooleate), 52 g of 1,2-hexadecanediol and 100 g of toluene were charged to a reactor equipped as described in Example 1. The contents were heated to liquify and 11 g of boric acid were added. The mixture was further heated up to 150° C. over a period of 6 hours until water evolution stopped. Approximately 9 ml. of water collected. The solvent was removed by vacuum distillation at 150° C. and the product was filtered at about 100° C. through diatomaceous earth. The product became a waxy solid after cooling.

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