This study focuses on the automatic generation by the software EXGAS of kinetic models for the oxidation of large methyl esters using a single set of kinetic parameters. The obtained models allow to well reproduce the oxidation of a n-decane / methyl palmitate mixture in a jet-stirred reactor. This paper also presents the construction and a comparison of models for methyl esters from C7 up to C...

BACKGROUND Ever increasing demand for fossil fuels is a major factor for rapid depletion of these non-renewable energy resources, which has enhanced the interest of finding out alternative sources of energy. In recent years jatropha seed oil has been used extensively for production of bio-diesel and has shown significant potential to replace petroleum fuels at least partially. De-oiled jatropha...

Fatty acids are a widely studied group of lipids of sufficient taxonomic diversity to be useful in defining microbial community structure. The extraordinary resolution of glass capillary gas-liquid chromatography can be utilized to separate and tentatively identify large numbers of fatty acid methyl esters derived from the lipids of estuarine detritus and marine benthic microbiota without the b...

• draw the mechanism of ester hydrolysis under acidic and basic reaction conditions; • account for the irreversibility of the hydrolysis reaction under basic conditions; • form new esters by baseor acid-catalysed transesterification mechanisms; • draw the mechanism for cleaving tert-butyl esters and understand why the mechanism is different from that for methyl esters; • understand why protonat...

Four N-phenyl substituted carbazole oxime ester photoinitiators were synthesized and their structure-activity relationship systematically investigated. These have a broad absorption in the range of 300-400 nm tail extends above 400 nm. Under 405 LED light irradiation, esters undergo photodecarboxylation generate active free radicals to induce polymerization acrylates. The tert-butyl aldehyde-ox...

There is currently great interest in developing radiolabeled substrates for acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase that would be useful in the in vivo imaging of patients with Alzheimer's disease. Using a simple in vitro spectrophotometric assay for determination of enzymatic cleavage rates, the structure-activity relationship for a short series of 1-methyl-4-piperidinyl esters was inve...

Proponents of Jatropha curcas portrayed the crop as a 'sustainable biofuel' that was less threatening to food security and forests than other energy crops, creating a reputation that helped jatropha projects to multiply quickly throughout the global South. However, many jatropha initiatives failed to thrive and ultimately collapsed. This paper investigates how actors involved with jatropha in K...

Novel polyols were synthesized by controlled polymerization of hydroxylated fatty acids from methyl soyate. Polymerization of methyl esters of hydroxy fatty acids gives a hyperbranched (HB) product with different content of hydroxyl groups depending on the degree of conversion. Molecular weights, functionality and hydroxyl equivalent of polyols can be controlled by controlling the degree of con...