Abstract:
COMPLETELY ODORLESS ACETOGLYCERIDES, SOLID AT ROOM TEMPERATURE AND HAVING AN EXTRAORDINARY RESISTANCE TO HYDROLYSIS, ARE PREPARED BY ACETYLATING PARTIAL GLYCERIDES OF FATTY ACIDS HAVING 16 AND/OR 18 CARBON ATOMS, THE PARTIAL GLYCERIDES HAVING AN IODINE NUMBER OF BELOW 5 AND A MONOGLYCERIDE CONTENT OF MORE THAN 70% BY WEIGHT, TO A HYDROXYL NUMBER OF AT MOST 30, DISTILLING OFF THE ACETIC ACID AND EXCESS ACETIC ANHYDRIDE AS COMPLETELY AS POSSIBLE, AND DEODORIZING THE REACTION MIXTURE AT A TEMPERATURE OF GREATER THAN 170C. UNDER A VACUUM, WITH AN INERT GAS OR VAPOR BEING PASSED THERETHROUGH.
Abstract:
GLYCERIDE MIXTURES RESISTANT TO OXIDATION AND LOW TEMPERATURES COMPRISING 10-99% BY WEIGHT OF DIACETYL MONOMONOHEXADECANOLY TRIGLCERIDE, AND/OR UP TO 90% BY MONOHEXADECANOYL TRIGLYCERIDE, AND/OR UP TO 90% BY WEIGHT OF DIACETYL MONOTETRADECANOYL TRIGLCERIDE, AS WELL AS OPTIONALLY UP TO 10% BY WEIGHT OF AN ACETYL DIALKANOYL TRIGLYCERIDE WHEREIN THE ALKANOYL GROUPS THEREOF HAVE 1216 CARBON ATOMS.