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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2013
Biosynthetic Technologies, Llc, Irvine, CA (US);
Marlon Lutz, Grayslake, IL (US);
Igor Likhotvorik, Willmette, IL (US);
Chris Arnold, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Travis Thompson, Anaheim, CA (US);
Dean Kent Hoglen, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Eric Lee Williams, Zachary, LA (US);
Biosynthetic Technologies, LLC, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are processes of preparing sulfonated estolide compounds, and the removal of sulfonate residues from those compounds to provide desulfonated estolide base oils. Exemplary sulfonated estolide compounds include those selected from the formula: wherein z is an integer selected from 0 to 15; q is an integer selected from 0 to 15; x is, independently for each occurrence, an integer selected from 0 to 20; y is, independently for each occurrence, an integer selected 0 to 20; n is equal to or greater than 0; Ris selected from —OH, optionally substituted alkyl, and optionally substituted aryl; and Ris selected from hydrogen and optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched, wherein each fatty acid chain residue of said compounds is independently optionally substituted.