FATTY ACID GLYCERIN ESTERS HAVING IMPROVED RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES

摘要

Fatty acid glycerin esters having improved rheological properties are obtained by simultaneously esterifying and transesterifying in a known manner a mixture containing: (a) triglycerides having formula (I), in which R1CO, R2CO and R3CO stand independently from each other for linear acyl residues with 6 to 24 carbon atoms and 0 or 1 to 3 double bonds; (b) branched fatty acids having the formula (II): R4CO-OH, in which R4CO stands for a branched acyl residue with 16 to 22 carbon atoms and 0 or 1 to 3 double bonds; and (c) glycerin.