Journal of Oil Palm Research Vol. 7 No. 2, December 1995, p. 132-142
PREPARATION OF PALM-BASED ESTERAMINES USING CHEMICAL CATALYSTS
ABSTRACT
The reaction of fatty acids or of fatty esters with triethanolamine in the presence of an acid or a base, results in the formation of fatty esteramines. In the present work the effects of using various mole ratios of palm and tallow based fatty acids and amounts of catalyst were studied, as well as the reaction products in the presence and absence of solvent.
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