Chemurgic movement

Strong chemurgic movement initiated credited with nearly 200 industrial uses during its ten-year existence. Ford Motor Company uses significant amounts of soybean oil for enamel paint, glycerin for shock absorbers, in 1937 automobiles. 

Examination of the literature on the chemical modification of proteins and protein-containing products derived from soybeans reveals that the major motivation for such studies was often the development of improved products for industrial rather than food or feed utilization (21, 22, 23, 24). Such research activity was at the heart of the Chemurgic movement begun in the early thirties. Hence it becomes understandable that the patent literature dealing with the chemical modification of soy protein products is much more extensive than the periodical literature. This, together with our imperfect understanding of the basic structure of the soy proteins, explains why many of the reactions cited in this... 

Interestingly, the chemurgical movement was not initiated as a result of a shortage of other feedstocks, but rather as a way to use farm surpluses Clark, J. P., "Chemurgy". In Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 4th ed., Vol. 5. Kroschwitz, J. I., Howe-Grant, M., Eds., John Wiley Sons, New York, 1993 p. 902 Hale, W. J., The Farm Chemurgic, The Stratford Co., Boston, MA, 1934. 

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