Methyl stearate reaction preparation

After these experiments, concerning the oxidative cleavage of aliphatic ketone, the methyl-keto fatty adds, prepared by direct oxidation of co-unsaturated fatty acids, were put to use. The oxidations were carried out in a bubble column reactor at 115 °C over a retention time of 60 min with 2 mol-% Mn(stearate)2 as catalyst. Afterwards the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and the solvent acetic acid was removed at 30 °C in vacuum. 

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