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Alcoholysis, saponification and the preparation of fatty acid methyl esters

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Evidence is offered to support the contention that methanolysis precedes the saponification of esters in methanolic solutions of sodium hydroxide. This results from the hydroxide-alkoxide equilibrium which greatly favors methoxide formation even in the presence of rather considerable amounts of water. Saponification-reesterification methods of methyl ester formation are shown to be actually extensions of methanolysis procedures. A simplified method is proposed for the preparation of fatty acid methyl esters.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, 55101, St. Paul, Minnesota

    R. L. Glass

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Scientific Journal Series 7706, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101.

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Glass, R.L. Alcoholysis, saponification and the preparation of fatty acid methyl esters. Lipids 6, 919–925 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02531175

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