Abstract
AbstractA comparison has been made between an enzymatic and a chemical route to dimeric fatty acids, using (poly)unsaturated fatty acids as starting material, with respect to mechanism, types of structures generated, yield, and costs. For bioconversion, the enzyme lipoxygenase extracted from soya‐bean pellets was used, whereas for the chemical process the clay‐catalysed route was followed. The enzymatic dimerisation proceeds via a radical mechanism and is more selective, but less co effective and productive than the clay‐catalysed reaction in which carbenium ions are involved.
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