Transesterification of fats and/or oils by alcoholysis, e.g. for preparation of methyl esters useful as diesel fuel, with addition of alkanol fatty acid ester to give single-phase reaction mixture and high reaction velocity

摘要

In the transesterification of fats and/or oils by alcoholysis, involving contacting the fat and/or oil with an excess of an alkanol, at least one alkanol fatty acid ester (I) is added to the fat and/or oil in sufficient amount to give a single-phase reaction mixture.