Catalytic hydrogenation of linoleic acid on nickel.pdfVIP

Catalytic Hydrogenation of Linoleic Acid on Nickel, Copper, and Palladium Yoshie Kitayamaa*, Masahiro Muraoka a, Megumi Takahashi a, Tatsuya Kodamaa, Hirofumi Itoh b, Eriko Takahashi b, and Mutsuo Okamura c aDepartment of Chemistryand Chemical Engineering, Niigata University, Ikarashi Niigata 950-21, Japan, bNikki Chemical Co. Ltd. Niitsu PlantOffice, Niitsu City, 956, Japan, and CDepartmentof Chemistry, Facultyof Science, Niigata University, Ikarashi Niigata 950-21,Japan ABSTRACT: The catalytic activity and selectivity for hydro- Because natural oils contain many kinds of polyunsaturated genation of linoleic acid were studied on Ni, Cu, and Pd cata- fatty acids and their isomers, it is too difficult to clarify the lysts. A detailed analysis of the reaction product was performed reaction mechanism for hydrogenation of natural oils. by a gas-liquid chromatograph, equipped with a capillary col- In the present study, the catalytic activity and selectivity for umn, and Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy. Geometrical the hydrogenation of fatty acids were studied on metal cata- and positional isomerization of linoleic acid occurred during lysts by employing the hydrogenation of linoleic acid as a hydrogenation, and many kinds of linoleic acid isomers trans- model reaction. Recently, analyses of some kinds of dienoic 9,trans-12; trans-8,cis- 12 or cis-9,trans-13; cis-9,trans-12; trans- acids and monoenoic acids have been studied in detail by cap- 9,cis-12 and cis-9,cis-12 18:2 were contained in the reaction products. The monoenoic acids in the partial hydrogenation illary gas-liquid chromatography. Especially, the analyses of products contained eight kinds of isomers and showed different octadecadienoic acid isomers and octadecenoic acid isomers isomer distributions on Ni, Cu, and Pd catalysts, respectively. have been studied well 14-18 . T