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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
May. 22, 2013
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, IN;
Darbha Srinivas, Pune, IN;
Mehejabeen Kotwal, Pune, IN;
Abstract
The invention discloses an improved process for preparing fatty acid esters with 100 mol % selectivity suitable as biodegradable lubricant base oils, comprising contacting a fatty compound with an alcohol in presence of a solid, phosphonate catalyst having molecular formula: M(X)2-nYn.mH2O where X refers to phenyl phosphonate, Y refers to HPO42− or HPO32−, M refers to a metal or metalloid ion preferably taken from the group consisting of Zr, Zn, Cd, Al, Sn, La and Ce, the value of n varies from 0.2 to 1.8 and the value of m varies from 0 to 5, wherein the fatty compound is a fatty acid or fatty acid methyl or ethyl ester or vegetable oil or animal fat or their mixture thereof and alcohol is a monohydric alcohol with 6 to 22 carbon atoms or a polyol with at least two hydroxyl groups.