Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2009-09-23

Synthesis of an amine-oleate derivative using an ionic liquid catalyst.

Atanu Biswas, Brajendra K Sharma, Kenneth M Doll, Sevim Z Erhan, Julious L Willett, H N Cheng

Index: J. Agric. Food Chem. 57(18) , 8136-41, (2009)

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Abstract

A facile (and environmentally friendly) reaction between epoxidized methyl oleate and aniline to produce an oleate-aniline adduct, without the formation of fatty amide, was discovered. This reaction was carried out neat, with a catalytic amount of an ionic liquid. No solvent was used, no byproducts were produced, and the ionic liquid could be recovered and recycled. The reaction products were fully characterized by NMR and GC-MS.