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soaps. For this reason MAGs destined for food use must undergo a
distillation step.5 An alternative approach uses a supported guanidine
catalyst to provide a one-pot glycerol ester synthesis with high yield and
high monoglyceride selectivity, starting from a glycerol : methyl ester
molar ratio of 1 : 1 (Figure 7.2).6
In Figure 7.2, starting from 2a, after 50 h reaction glycerol esters were
produced in more than 98% yield with a very high selectivity (78%), to
give 3a. Alternative methods involve immobilized lipases. An example is
the synthesis of MAGs using Staphylococcus simulans lipase immobi-
lized on CaCO3 in a solvent-free system,7 giving a 70.6% yield of pure
MAGs suitable for food use.
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Olive oil and glycerol, for example, react over immobilized Novozyme
lipases at 80 1C and atmospheric pressure to give good yields of glycerol
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Figure 7.3 Comparison between different lipases for the transesterification reaction
between olive oil and glycerol. (Reproduced from Ref. 3, with permission.)
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Table 7.1 Comparison between lipase- and base-catalyzed transesterification
of olive oil with glycerol. (Reproduced from Ref. 8, with
permission.)
REACTION DOWNSTREAM REFINED
PROCESSES CONDITIONS PROCESSES PROCESSES
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80 30
40 15
30
10
20
5
10
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0 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
(A) Time (h) (B) Time (h)
0.8 100
0.7
95
Water content (%)
0.6
DAG purity (%)
90
0.5
0.4 85
0.3
80
0.2
75
0.1
0 70
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
(C) Time (h) (D) Time (h)
Figure 7.4 Effect of vacuum conditions on the production of 1,3-DAG: (A) 1,3-DAG;
(B) TAG; (C) water content in the reaction mixture; and (D) DAG purity.
The reaction was performed at 50 1C with a molar ratio of fatty acids to
glycerol of 2.0 and a residence time of 60 s. The Lipozyme RM IM con-
centration was 5% (dry weight basis): (J) 0.4 kPa; (K) 0.8 kPa; and (D)
1.3 kPa. (Reproduced from Ref. 14, with permission.)
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O
R O
O OH O O OH O
R R + HO OH
O O
O OH
glycerol HO
glycerol carbonate
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HO
OH O O
O
OH OH OC-NH2 O
OH
OH NH3 (gas) NH3 (gas)
Glycerol Urethane Glycerol Carbonate
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Glycerol
Figure 7.6 Reaction of urea and glycerol catalyzed by Zn21 at reduced pressure yields
GC. (Reproduced from Ref. 18, with permission.)
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7.4 Nitration
The explosive nitroglycerine, currently produced in modular plants, is
also successfully employed as an antianginal drug (Figure 7.8).
When treated with nitrating agents glycerol forms a solution con-
taining dinitroglycerol. If the solution is then treated with a cyclizing
agent the dinitroglycerol is converted into glycidyl nitrate (Figure 7.9),
which can be polymerized to poly(glycidyl nitrate) (PGN).
The polymer PGN is potentially suitable for use in propellants, explo-
sives, gas generators and pyrotechnics. Its industrial synthesis typically
follows a three-step procedure, involving nitration of epichlorohydrin
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Figure 7.8 Nitroglycerine, currently produced in modular plants (left) is also suc-
cessfully employed as an antiangina drug (right). (Reproduced from
Novartis.com, with permission.)
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HO OH HNO3/CH2Cl2
OH
Glycerin
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Figure 7.9 Continuous process for the production of glycidol nitrate, and thus PGN,
from glycerol involves consecutive nitration and caustication.
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from soybean and canola oil using a lipase16 and marketed under the
tradename ‘‘Healthy Econa Oil’’ for use in cooking, frying and dressings
(Figure 7.10).25
DAG is in fact present at a level of a few percent in virtually all edible
oils, whether vegetable or animal, and has been long ingested by man.10
Research concerning the human nutritional characteristics of DAG oil
compared to triacylglycerol (TAG) oil clearly demonstrates the signifi-
cant suppressive effect by DAG on body fat accumulation.26 This is due
to the reduced possibility of synthesis of TAG in the small intestine
following DAG oil digestion. This led Kao to start production of DAG-
based oil, aimed at an affluent Japanese population of 128 million for
which obesity has become a serious issue. Since its introduction in 1999
Econa has become the best selling vegetable oil in the Japanese market,
due to its health benefits and its mild flavor. In a joint venture with Kao,
Archer Daniels Midland manufactures and markets Econa in the
Americas, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
The new process for production of glycidyl nitrate is already in use in
the USA by the weaponry manufacturer Alliant Techsystems. The con-
tinuous nature of the process reduces labor costs, and the conventional
equipment used, its inherent safety, increased nitration yields, lack of
Figure 7.10 1,3-DAG content of Kao Econa cooking oil is 80%. (Reproduced from
Kao.com, with permission.)
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hazardous waste streams, thermal savings and the improved purity of the
product, all contribute to its technical and economic viability. Finally, in
France the company Condat is about to commercialize products in the
form of glycerol polycarbonates and glycerol carbonate polyesters,
obtained as the result of three one-pot reactions: carbonation, oligo-
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