Influence of carbon chain length and unsaturation on the esterification activity of fatty acids on Nb2O5 catalyst

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 10816-10819

  Srilatha, Kalaru ^a   Lingaiah, N ^a   Sai Prasad, Potharaju S ^a   Prabhavathi Devi, B L A ^a   Prasad, R B N ^a   Venkateswar, S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL CHAIN LENGTHS; CARBON-CHAIN LENGTH; COCONUT OIL; INDUCTIVE EFFECTS; LONG CHAIN CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; NUT OIL; OLIVE OIL; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SOYBEAN OIL; STERIC ACIDS;

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CHAIN LENGTH; ESTERIFICATION; FATTY ACIDS; METHANOL; ORGANIC ACIDS; VEGETABLE OILS;

ESTERS;

EID: 73349141676     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie900864z     Document Type: Article

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