Use of crude glycerol from biodiesel producers and fatty materials to prepare allyl esters

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2011
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Escribà i Gelonch, Marc
Eras i Joli, Jordi
Villorbina Noguera, Gemma
Balcells Fluvià, Mercè
Blanch, C.
Barniol, N.
Canela i Garayoa, Ramon
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Escribà i Gelonch, Marc; Eras i Joli, Jordi; Villorbina Noguera, Gemma; Balcells Fluvià, Mercè; Blanch, C.; Barniol, N.; Canela i Garayoa, Ramon; . (2011) . Use of crude glycerol from biodiesel producers and fatty materials to prepare allyl esters. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 2011, vol. 2, núm. 3, p. 285–290. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-011-9073-7.
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Vegetable oils and fats are important renewable raw materials for use by the biodiesel industry. One drawback of this industry is the large amounts of glycerol produced as a by-product. Consequently, crude glycerol is moving from a by-product to a residue. New industrial applications for this substance are required. A conversion of this by-product to allyl esters using various fatty materials in a two-step process is reported: After a simultaneous alcoholysis–chlorination reaction of vegetable oils and fats without a solvent, allyl esters were synthesized in a high yield by a rearrangement–elimination reaction using n-butanol as a solvent. All the reactions could be carried out using conventional heating or microwave irradiation with comparable results. Microwave irradiation allows for an important reduction in the reaction time.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/58390
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-011-9073-7
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Waste and Biomass Valorization, 2011, vol. 2, núm. 3, p. 285–290
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