Henkel Corporation

Cognis Corporation

David J Anneken

J Matthew White

Donald V Kinsman

Edward L Ewbank

The invention is a method for improving the color and color stability of oleic acid by a two column distillation process in which the oleic acid to be color improved is introduced into a first distillation zone containing an enriching section and a stripping section providing a minor amount of a topping product and a major amount of underflow containing the oleic acid and passing the oleic acid to a bottom portion of a second distillation zone having an enriching section to recover the improved oleic acid with improved color and color stability as a top product from the second distillation zone.

Process for improving color and color stability of oleic acid

A mixture of saturated and unsaturated carboxylic acids are hydrogenated with an effective amount of a hydrogenation catalyst and in the presence of an effective amount of an adsorbent to produce a hydrogenated product having less than about 200 ppm of oxygenated by-products and an iodine value of less than 10.

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

David J Anneken