- Source: Ricinoleic acid
Ricinoleic acid, formally called 12-hydroxy-9-cis-octadecenoic acid, is a fatty acid. It is an unsaturated omega-9 fatty acid and a hydroxy acid. It is a major component of the seed oil obtained from the seeds of castor plant (Ricinus communis L., Euphorbiaceae), the plant that produces ricin. It is also found in the sclerotium of ergot (Claviceps purpurea Tul., Clavicipitaceae). About 90% of the fatty acid content in castor oil is the ricinolein.
Production
Ricinoleic acid is manufactured for industries by saponification or fractional distillation of hydrolyzed castor oil.
The first attempts to prepare ricinoleic acid were made by Friedrich Krafft in 1888.
Use
Sebacic acid ((CH2)8(CO2H)2), which is used in preparing certain nylons, is produced by cleavage of ricinoleic acid. The coproduct is 2-octanol. The mechanism of the base-induced cleavage is proposed to proceed by initial dehydrogenation of the secondary alcohol, affording the ketone. The resulting α,β-unsaturated ketone undergoes retroaldol reaction, resulting in lysis of the C-C bond.
The zinc salt is used in personal care products such as deodorants.
See also
Castor oil
Lesquerolic acid, a similar chemical, which could be described as ricinoleic acid with -CH2-CH2- group inserted between carboxyl group and the double bond.
Polyglycerol polyricinoleate, a polymer of glycerol with ricinoleic acid side chains, used as an emulsifier in chocolate
Ricinelaidic acid, the trans isomer of ricinoleic acid
Ricinolein, the triglyceride of ricinoleic acid
Sodium ricinoleate, the sodium salt of ricinoleic acid
Undecylenic acid, a product of pyrolysis of ricinoleic acid
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Ricinoleic acid
- Castor oil
- Polyglycerol polyricinoleate
- Salicylic acid
- Laxative
- Undecylenic acid
- Dicarboxylic acid
- Nylon 11
- Mesalazine
- Enanthic acid
