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In the extraction of oils from seeds of the genus Coriandrum, GC separations of petroselinate from oleate often gave poor resolution of these two isomers. Oleic and petroselinic acids were esterified with a series of alcohols (methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, 2-methyl-1-propanol, 1-butanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol, and 2-ethyl-1-hexanol). GC resolution of the Δ6 from the Δ9 and Δ11 octadecenoates was examined for all ester derivatives on a polar phase column. The Δ6 and Δ9 isomers were unresolved as methyl esters; however, the 2-ethyl-1-hexyl esters gave baseline separation of all three isomers under temperature programming conditions. When isothermal conditions were optimized for each ester, separation of these isomers was possible with good resolution values (>89%) for all the alcohols except methanol, which had a partial resolution of 51%. The rates of esterification of all the alcohols were determined for reactions with both oleic acid and triolein using potassium hydroxide as the esterification catalyst. Methanol gave the largest rate constant in both acid and oil esterification reactions with a rate constant 10-fold better than all of the other alcohols. Based on rates of reaction, resolution of petroselinate from oleate, and removal of residual alcohol, the ethyl ester derivative appears to be the best choice for seed oils containing petroselinic acid.
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Isbell, T.A., Green, L.A., DeKeyser, S.S. et al. Improvement in the gas chromatographic resolution of petroselinate from oleate. J Amer Oil Chem Soc 83, 429–434 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11746-006-1222-y
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