Epoxidation of Methyl Esters as Valuable Biomolecules: Monitoring of Reaction.

The paper is focused on the epoxidation of methyl esters prepared from oil crops with various profiles of higher fatty acids, especially unsaturated, which are mainly contained in the non-edible linseed and oil (second generation). The novelty consists in the separation and identification of all products with oxirane ring formed through a reaction and in the determination of time course. Through the epoxidation, many intermediates and final products were formed, i.

Transesterification of Oil Catalyzed by Mg/Al Mixed Oxides with Added Divalent Metals.

This paper is focused on the heterogeneously catalyzed transesterification (in a batch reactor) of vegetable oil, including the determination of leached metals. The oil was obtained from the short-season crop . The reaction was catalyzed by mixed oxides, which were synthesized from Mg/Al hydrotalcites with built-in different types of divalent cations such as Mn, Ca, Co, Ni, and Fe.