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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Stern, Paris, FR;
Gerard Hillion, Herblay, FR;
Jean-Jacques Rouxel, Vigny, FR;
Serge Leporq, Mantes La Ville, FR;
Assignee:
Institut Francais du Petrole, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
554167 ; 554168 ;
Abstract
For the production of linear monocarboxylic acid esters with 6 to 26 carbon atoms vegetable oils or animal oils, which may or may not be neutral, are reacted with monoalcohols having a low molecular weight, for example 1 to 5 carbon atoms, in the presence of a catalyst that is selected from among zinc oxide, mixtures of zinc oxide and aluminum oxide, and the zinc aluminates that correspond to the formula: