Abstract
A model study of the radical addition of 2-mercaptoethanol onto oleic acid was performed under mild conditions (generation of radicals under UV light at room temperature without any photoinitiator). To evaluate the efficiency and the robustness of thiol−ene reaction, experimental parameters were varied, such as the irradiation intensity (ranging from 0.5 to 15.0 W/cm2), the thiol/double bond ratio (ranging from 1.2/1 to 5.0/1), the solvent/double bond ratio (ranging from 0/1 to 500/1), and the number of double bonds per chain. It was especially shown that the higher the content of polyunsaturated fatty chains, the lower the rate of 2-mercaptoethanol grafting. Best yields were reached in 1 h reaction for a thiol/ene ratio of 3/1, without solvent, using maximum UV intensity. Side reactions, identified by NMR, FT-IR, LC-MS, and iodine titration, were upon esterification between the carboxylic acid function of oleic acid and the hydroxyl function of 2-mercaptoethanol, disulfide formation, double-bond isomeriz...
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