Process for the production of branched fatty acids and esters thereof

US5364949A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien · DE

Inventors

• Michael Neuss · Cologne, DE
• Horst Eierdanz · Hilden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 19, 1992
• Grant date: Nov 15, 1994
• Expiry date: Nov 19, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C67/347
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Process for the production of branched fatty acids and their esters comprising reacting unsaturated fatty acids or esters thereof with aliphatic nonactivated olefins in the presence of layer silicates and active carbon.