Acetone → Eicosanoic Acid

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High-oleic sunflower oil having 86% of oleic acid content relative to the constituent fatty acid and fully hydrogenated rapeseed oil were mixed and the mixture was subjected to random interesterification using sodium methylate to obtain a reaction oil. The reaction oil was subjected to solvent fractionation with acetone to remove high melting point fraction and low melting point fraction, and to obtain mid fraction at a yield of 29%. The obtained mid fraction was purified by conventional methods to obtain StStO fat (StOSt=22.4%, StLSt=2.5%, StOO=1.6%, arachidic acid content=0.5%).

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