Processes for preparing estolide base oils and biobased compounds that include ethyleneolysis
AssigneeBiosynthetic Technologies, LLC
InventorJeremy FOREST
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Abstract
Provided herein are compounds prepared from processes that include ethyleneolysis. Exemplary processes include the preparation of terminally-unsaturated fatty acid reactant by ethyleneolysis catalyzed by a cyclic alkyl amino carbene ruthenium complex. The subsequent oligomerization of terminally-unsaturated fatty acid reatants provides estolide compounds, as exemplified by the process set forth below:
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A process comprising
- providing a terminally-unsaturated fatty acid reactant derived from a process that includes contacting one or more unsaturated fatty acid substrates having at least one internal site of unsaturation with a cyclic alkyl amino carbene ruthenium complex in the presence of ethylene;
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- reacting the terminally-unsaturated fatty acid reactant with a second fatty acid reactant to provide at least one compound.
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