Brief Introduction to Synthetic Fatty Acids

2 Oxidation Products of Petroleum Paraffin 2.2.1 Brief Introduction to Synthetic Fatty Acids 

In order to solve the problem that natural fatty acids are insufiicient, they are usually substituted by oxidized parafiin soaps (synthetic fatty acids). Oxidized paraffin 

Fatty acid Solubility Fatty acid Solubility  

Oxidized paraffin soaps can be synthesized by adopting petroleum paraffin as raw material. Because synthetic reaction of oxidized paraffin is relatively simple, oxidized paraffins are widely applied in industry. Synthetic methods of oxidized paraffin comprise air oxidation process and NO2 oxidation process. Air oxidation process is widely applied. In general, petroleum paraffin is heated to 150 or above in the presence of O2 and KMn04. The oxidation reactions can be given by ffie following  

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