Patent ID: 9604898
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: C07C

Claim:
1. A method comprising: a) providing oxygen and hydrogen, wherein said oxygen treated with electricity to generate ozone; wherein said ozone is used in ozonolysis of a fatty acid or a fatty acid ester in an ozone reactor; b) inputting said fatty acid into said ozone reactor, in which said fatty acid or fatty acid ester absorbs said ozone, thereby forming a mixture comprising ozonated product stream comprising one or more compounds selected from ozonide, peroxide, aldehyde, ester, and acid; and c) generating partially reduced products comprising a linear alkyl aldehyde and oxygenated products comprising a diacid or acid-ester from said ozonated product stream by: wherein the linear aldehyde, oxo-acid, oxo-ester, acid-ester, or diacid is more than about 95% pure.