Heat treatment of vegetable oils. II. GC‐MS and GC‐FTIR spectra of some isolated cyclic fatty acid monomers

Abstract

AbstractGas liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC‐MS) showed that the cyclic fatty acid monomers (CFAM) isolated from a heated linseed oil have two ethylenic bonds, while the CFAM isolated from heated sunflower oils were saturated and monoethylenic isomers. GC‐MS studies also showed the presence of cyclohexenic derivatives in the case of linseed oil.GLC coupled with Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (GC‐FTIR) studies indicated that the CFAM isolated from linseed oil were ofcis (Z),trans (E) structures except two components which werecis,cis (Z,Z) dienoic acids. The unsaturated CFAM isolated from sunflower oils werecis (Z) andtrans (E) monoethylenic isomers. For sunflower oils, the major CFAM were isomers having acis (Z) ethylenic bond. The saturated CFAM isolated from a heated sunflower oil had molecular weights of 296 and 294. The latter could correspond to some bicyclic isomers.