International Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IJPAC)

 

6. Studies in the synthesis of maleinised hydroxymethylated and acrylated hydroxymethylated Jatropha curcas oil

 

Akintayo C.O a,b and Daniel Clark a
 


a Chemistry Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse. New York
b Permanent Address: Chemistry Dept.,Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria  E-mail: fkintayo@yahoo.co.uk

Abstract: Paraformaldehyde and Jatropha curcas oil, a triglyceride were reacted in the presence of a Lewis acid, borontrifluoride etherate and the hydroxymethylated Jatropha curcas oils were obtained at 62% yield. The hydroxymethylated Jatropha curcas oil were reacted with maleic anhydride at 1000C and acryloyl chloride at 00C to produce the maleate half esters and acrylate esters respectively. Characterisation of the new modified oils and products were done by Fourier transform Infrared, 1H NMR spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry as well as by physicochemical methods.
 

 


Keywords: Synthesis, maleinised hydroxymethylated, acrylated hydroxymethylated, Jatropha curcas oil.



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