Patent ID: 8071799
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: C07C,C11C,C12P,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A process comprising: (a) providing an algal oil comprising polyunsaturated glycerides, saturated and unsaturated C (b) self-metathesizing or crossmetathesizing the algal oil with at least one short chain olefin reactant in the presence of an amount of a metathesis catalyst effective to form metathesis products comprising (i) one or more olefin compounds determined by the selection of the at least one short-chain olefin reactant, (ii) an unsaturated carboxylic acid or ester with five or more carbons and unsaturation at C4 and (iii) a saturated ester fraction; and (c) processing the saturated ester fraction via selective lipase reaction.