Ultrasound-assisted solid Lewis acid-catalyzed transesterification of Lesquerella fendleri oil for biodiesel synthesis.

ABSTRACT: Biodiesel, a mixture of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME), is bio-renewable, non-toxic, biodegradable, and is an attractive alternative to petroleum diesel. This work studied the sonochemical transesterification of Lesquerella fendleri oil (LFO) using inexpensive solid Lewis acid (LA) catalysts with an aim to reduce environmental pollution and dependance on non-renewable fuel sources. Due to the presence of hydroxy fatty acid methyl esters (HFAME) in LFO (∼60%), in addition to producing biofuel it can also be used to generate chemically important estolides and cyclic lactones. AlCl₃, SnCl₂, and Sn(CH₃COO)₂ showed catalytic activity using direct immersion ultrasound (DI-US) among a list of LA catalysts investigated, with AlCl₃ being the b

SUBMITTER: Shahidul Islam M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9256648 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature