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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Krish Bhaggan, Wormerveer, NL;
Frederick William Cain, Wormerveer, NL;
John Bernard Harris, Wormerveer, NL;
Victoria Taran, Wormerveer, NL;
Assignee:
Unilever Patent Holdings BV, Vlaardingen, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
554126 ; 554125 ; 554195 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns an isomerisation process, wherein materials comprising non-congugated long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids are subjected to base in the presence of an alcohol with .gtoreq.3 C-atoms and .gtoreq.2 OH groups and having ratio C-atoms: OH-groups of .gtoreq.1.25. The resulting reaction product, containing the conjugated isomers is obtained in higher yield at lower temperatures and are not contaminated by presence of non food grade solvent.