Conjugated linolenic acid-based synthetic triglycerides

US6177580A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien · DE

Inventors

• Franz Timmermann · Illertissen, DE
• Rolf Gaupp · Dietenheim, DE
• Juergen Gierke · Illertissen, DE
• Rainer Von Kries · Illertissen, DE
• Wolfgang Adams · Meckenbeuren, DE
• Andreas Sander · Illertissen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 29, 1999
• Grant date: Jan 23, 2001
• Expiry date: Oct 29, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11C3/02
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for making synthetic triglycerides involving: (a) providing a reaction component selected from the group consisting of glycerol, a triglyceride, and mixtures thereof; (b) providing a fatty acid mixture containing at least 50% by weight, based on the weight of the fatty acid mixture, of conjugated linoleic acid; (c) providing an inert gas atmosphere; (d) combining the reaction component with the fatty acid mixture, in the inert atmosphere, to form a reaction mixture; and (e) heating the reaction mixture to a temperature of from 180 to 240.degree. C., at a heating rate of from 0.5 to 3 K per minute, thus forming the synthetic triglyceride.