Interaction | Reaction | Process     Data Page

Linseed oil is hydrolysed with aqueous hydroxide. After acidification the product ratio is (approx):

Linolenic acid (47%), linoleic acid (24%), oleic acid (19%), palmitic acid (6%) and stearic acid (3%).

P. Yurkanis, Organic Chemistry 3rd ed., Prentice Hall (2001)
Linseed
Oil
  +  
H2O
  +  
NaOH(aq)
         
  +  
Linolenic
Acid
  +  
Linoleic
Acid
  +  
Oleic Acid
Reactant Page Go To Go To
Linseed oil     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Sodium hydroxide solution Catalyst    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Glycerol     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Linolenic acid 24%    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Linoleic acid 47%    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Oleic acid 19%    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Hydrolysis

© Mark R. Leach 1999 –

Queries, Suggestions, Bugs, Errors, Typos...

If you have any:

Queries
Comments
Suggestions
Suggestions for links
Bug, typo or grammatical error reports about this page,

please contact Mark R. Leach, the author, using mark@meta-synthesis.com