Sustainable route to methyl-9-hydroxononanoate (polymer precursor) by oxidative cleavage of fatty acid methyl ester from rapeseed oil

Kevin Louis (1) , Laurence Vivier (1) , Jean-Marc Clacens (1) , Markus Brandhorst (2) , Jean-Luc Dubois (3) , Karine de Oliveira Vigier (1) , Yannick Pouilloux (1)

1 IC2MP [Poitiers] - Institut de chimie des milieux et matériaux de Poitiers [UMR 7285]
2 CRRA - Centre de recherche Rhône-Alpes
3 Arkema

Fatty acid methyl esters from rapeseed oil can be converted to monomers for polymer industries (85% methyl-9-hydroxynonanoate) by an oxydoreductive cleavage step in solvent free medium at room temperature, followed by a reduction step. All by-products are valuable and the reactions are performed under mild conditions.

Domaines: Catalyse

Kevin Louis, Laurence Vivier, Jean-Marc Clacens, Markus Brandhorst, Jean-Luc Dubois, et al.. Sustainable route to methyl-9-hydroxononanoate (polymer precursor) by oxidative cleavage of fatty acid methyl ester from rapeseed oil. Green Chemistry, 2014, 16 (1), pp.96-101. ⟨10.1039/c3gc41491d⟩. ⟨hal-01188173⟩