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US 7,067,684 B2Granted
Processes for the production of triglycerides of conjugated linoleic acid
AssigneeCognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsAlfred Westfechtel, Stefan Busch, Elke Grundt, Peter Horlacher
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Abstract
Processes for preparing conjugated linoleic acid triglycerides are described which comprise: (a) providing a conjugated linoleic acid alkyl ester, wherein the alkyl group is linear or branched and has from 1 to 5 carbon atoms; and (b) subjecting conjugated linoleic acid alkyl ester to transesterification with triacetin to provide a conjugated linoleic acid triglyceride.
Claims20
A process comprising:
- (a) providing a conjugated linoleic acid alkyl ester, wherein the alkyl group is linear or branched and has from 1 to 5 carbon atoms;
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- (b) subjecting conjugated linoleic acid alkyl ester to transesterification with triacetin to provide a conjugated linoleic acid triglyceride.
A process comprising:
- (a) providing a conjugated linoleic acid alkyl ester selected from the group consisting of conjugated linoleic acid methyl esters, conjugated linoleic acid ethyl esters and mixtures thereof;
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- (b) subjecting conjugated linoleic acid alkyl ester to transesterification with triacetin in the presence of an alkali metal alkoxylate catalyst selected from the group consisting of sodium methanolate, sodium ethanolate, sodium propanolate, sodium butanolate, potassium methanolate, potassium ethanolate, potassium propanolate, potassium butanolate and mixtures thereof, wherein the conjugated linoleic acid alkyl ester is present in a 10 to 30% molar excess based on the triacetin, and wherein the transesterification is carried out at a temperature of from 90 to 160° C., to provide a conjugated linoleic acid triglyceride.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.