Method for producing a sucrose fatty acid ester

Details Method for producing a sucrose fatty acid ester Method for producing a sucrose fatty acid ester

1997-04-01

1999-06-01

Fonda, Kathleen K.

Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series

Organic compounds

Carbohydrates or derivatives

536 185, C07H 1500

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059089229

ABSTRACT:
A method for producing a sucrose fatty acid ester, which comprises subjecting sucrose and a lower alkyl ester of fatty acid to an ester exchange reaction in an organic solvent in the presence of an alkali catalyst to produce the corresponding sucrose fatty acid ester, wherein from 5 to 35 wt %, based on the starting material sucrose, of an alkali metal salt of a hydroxycarboxylic acid of the following formula (1) is present in the reaction system: ##STR1## wherein R is a lower alkyl group or a carboxyl group, X is a hydrogen atom or a carboxyl group, each of 1 and n is 0 or 1, and m is 1 or 2.

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patent: 4611055 (1986-09-01), Yamamoto et al.
patent: 4966966 (1990-10-01), Wada et al.

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