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Highly efficient procedure for the synthesis of biodiesel from soybean oil

2009; Elsevier BV; Volume: 90; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.fuproc.2008.12.012

1873-7188

Xuezheng Liang, Shan Gao, Haihong Wu, Jian‐Guo Yang,

Catalysis for Biomass Conversion

The novel efficient procedure has been developed for the synthesis of biodiesel from soybean oil and methanol. K2CO3 supported on MgO has been selected as the most efficient catalyst for the reaction with the yield of 99%. Operational simplicity, low cost of the catalyst used, high yields, short reaction time and reusability are the key features of this methodology.