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Abstract
Vegetable oil is the fats and lipids containing triglyceride molecules. Most of the vegetable oils have
high contents of unsaturated fatty acid, which can be converted into epoxy fatty acids. Epoxidized
vegetable oils are nowadays gaining importance because of their sustainable, renewable and
environment friendly nature. EVOs are widely used as feedstock for the synthesis of epoxy resins,
plasticizers, lubricants, coating formulations, polyols...etc. Due to the unsaturation present in soybean
oil, it can be epoxidized to produce soy-based polyol an eco-friendly and consumer-friendly products
which can replace products produced from petroleum origin.
In this study, three types of soybean oil: pure, used in frying and pretreated were used successfully to
produce an epoxy, a polyol and a polymer. The products obtained have been characterized and
compared with the literature and with commercial products, as biobased products, they can replace
those of a fossil nature and which are used in many fields.
The reactions to enhance soybean oil from fried foods were carried out using the conventional
method, also intensified by microwave and ultrasound. Green chemistry parameters were also used to
quantify the greenness of reactions and choose the most environmentally friendly reaction. |
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