Preparation of ω-hydroxynonanoic acid and its ester derivatives

…, K Smigielski, TB Quang, I Grzelak, M Sikora

Index: Kula, Jozef; Smigielski, Krzysztof; Quang, Thuat B.; Grzelak, Iwona; Sikora, Magdalena JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 1999 , vol. 76, # 7 p. 811 - 817

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Abstract

Abstract Methyl ricinoleate was ozonized in methanol or in acetic acid and the intermediate hydroperoxides were reduced electrochemically on Pb-cathode to give 9-hydroxynonanoic acid 1 in high yields. The acid 1 was also prepared by direct castor oil ozonolysis in methanol followed by sodium borohydride reduction of the intermediate hydroperoxides. The cost of the electricity for the electroreduction was at least 30 times lower as compared ...