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Formation of Epoxy-, Keto- and Hydroxy-Fatty Acids

1.  Introduction Oxidized triacylglycerol monomers are major compounds formed at frying temperature,…

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Functionalization of Unsaturated Fatty Compounds Across the C,C Double Bond

1.  Introduction Oils and fats of vegetable and animal origin are historically…

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Guerbet Compounds

Synthesis The Guerbet reaction is named after Marcel Guerbet (1861-1938) [1]. However,…

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Methods of Preparation of Fatty Acids and Their Derivatives: Laboratory Exercises

Preface and Foreward The information reported here was assembled by Dr. Howard…

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Alton E. Bailey (1907-1953)

Alton E. Bailey was born in 1907 in Midland, Texas, a small…