New method for the reductive ozonolysis of double bonds in monoenoic fatty acid methyl esters
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- S. Ramachandran; P. Venkata Rao; David G. Cornwell
- Source
- Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 137-139 (1968)
- Subject
- ozonolysis-reduction
unsaturated methyl esters
ozonides
hydroperoxides
aldehydes
aldehydo-esters
Biochemistry
QD415-436
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0022-2275
Unsaturated methyl esters were cleaved to aldehydes and aldehydo-esters by ozonolysis followed by reduction with dimethyl sulfide after conversion to hydroperoxides. Cleavage products were identified by thin-layer chromatography and quantified by temperature programmed gas-liquid chromatography.