Patent ID: 8304574
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: B01J,C01B,C07C,C10G,C10L,C10M,C10N,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method comprising the steps of: a) reducing a mono-unsaturated fatty acid having a carbon number of from 10 to 22 with a metal hydride so as to form an unsaturated fatty alcohol; b) epoxidizing the unsaturated fatty alcohol to form an epoxy-alcohol species comprising an epoxide ring; c) opening the ring of the epoxy-alcohol species to form a triol; and d) esterifying the triol with an esterifying species to form a triester species, wherein the esterifying species is selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acids, acyl halides, acyl anhydrides, and combinations thereof, and wherein the esterifying species have a carbon number of from 2 to 18.