Abstract
The direct methylation method developed in this work for coffee samples allowed the determination of fatty acids using smaller sample amounts (100mg), lower solvent volumes (5mL) and shorter experimental run time (~12min). Hence, the experiments are more economical and collaborate with green chemistry, besides favoring the health of the analyst who handles a smaller amount of solvents in a short period. Design Expert software was employed to determine the optimal concentration of the acid and base (0.7 e 1.75molL-1) and evaluate the sonication time (5min for both procedures). The experiments were carried out on different coffee samples in which the fat content ranging from 10.18% to 14.86%. The relative standard deviation values for intraday and interday were 2.78% and 7.8%, respectively, confirming the good precision of the proposed method for fatty acid derivatization.
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