Transesterification of vegetable oils: a review
The transesterification of vegetable oils with methanol as well as the main uses of the fatty acid methyl esters are reviewed. The general aspects of this process and the applicability of different types of catalysts (acids, alkaline metal hydroxides, alkoxides and carbonates, enzymes and non-ionic bases, such as amines, amidines, guanidines and triamino(imino)phosphoranes) are described. Special attention is given to guanidines, which can be easily heterogenized on organic polymers. However, the anchored catalysts show leaching problems. New strategies to obtain non-leaching guanidine-containing catalysts are proposed. Finally, several applications of fatty acid esters, obtained by transesterification of vegetable oils, are described.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Química
1998
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50531998000300002 |
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