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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Guenther Demmering, Solingen, DE;
Christian Pelzer, Linnich, DE;
Lothar Friesenhagen, Dusseldorf, DE;
Assignee:
Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien, Duesseldorf, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
554169 ; 554174 ;
Abstract
A process for the production of fatty acid lower alkyl esters comprising the steps of: A) treating at least one fatty acid ester of glycerol with from about 0.3 to about 3% by weight, based on the weight of ester, of an acid at an elevated temperature; B) removing said acid from the treated fatty acid ester; and C) reacting the treated fatty acid ester with at least one lower aliphatic alcohol to transesterify the fatty acid ester.