Patent ID: 9617499
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: C07C,C10M,C10N,C11B,C11C

Claim:
1. A method of producing an estolide, comprising: a) converting biomass-derived oil into a fatty acid mixture; b) separating the fatty acid mixture into a C16 saturated fatty acid and a C18 unsaturated fatty acid; c) converting the C16 saturated fatty acid into a C15 or C16 linear internal olefin; d) subjecting the C15 or C16 linear internal olefin to an estolide reaction using a linking agent, thus obtaining an estolide A; e) subjecting the C18 unsaturated fatty acid to partial hydrogenating to increase an amount of oleic acid; and f) subjecting the oleic acid to an estolide reaction using a linking agent and then esterification, thus obtaining an estolide B.