Abstract Vernonia galamensis is a new potential industrial oilseed crop found in tropical Africa. It is the source of a naturally epoxidized oil called vernonia oil (VO) which is extracted from the seed of the plant. In this study VO was used as the starting material for the synthesis of a mixture of amines, with the major product amine being N, N-dimethyl-(12 S, 13 R)-epoxy- cis-9-octadecenyl amine. VO was transesterified via a base catalyzed methanolysis using ...
