Journal of the American Chemical Society

The equilibrium between symmetrical and unsymmetrical monoglycerides and determination of total monoglycerides

JB Martin

Index: Martin Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1953 , vol. 75, p. 5482

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Citation Number: 70

Abstract

Perchloric acid as a catalyst isomerizes 1-and 2-monoglycerides in chloroform solution to an equilibrium mixture containing about 90% 1-monoglyceride. 2-Monoglycerides do not react with periodic acid commonly used for the determinatiod of monoglycerides; however, by application of the periodate analysis before and after perchloric acid isomerizatiori, it is passible to determine 1-monoglycerides and total monoglycerides present in a mixture ...