Recent advances in sustainable production and catalytic transformations of fatty acid methyl esters
Artem S. Belousov, Anton L. Esipovich, E. A. Kanakov, Ksenia V. Otopkova
Abstract
This review highlights the recent advances in the sustainable production of fatty acid methyl esters and their transformations, including oxidation, amidation, hydrogenation, deoxygenation, ethoxylation, metathesis, and isomerisation reactions.
Topics & Concepts
DeoxygenationIsomerizationCatalysisChemistryMetathesisOrganic chemistrySustainable productionFatty acidMethyl oleateProduction (economics)PolymerizationPolymerMacroeconomicsEconomicsBiodiesel Production and ApplicationsCatalysis and Hydrodesulfurization StudiesCatalysis for Biomass Conversion