PROCESSES FOR PREPARING ESTOLIDE BASE OILS AND BIOBASED COMPOUNDS THAT INCLUDE ETHYLENEOLYSIS

摘要

Provided herein are compounds prepared from processes that include ethyleneolysis. Exemplary processes include the preparation of terminally-unsaturated fatty acid reactant by ethyleneolysis catalyzed by a cyclic alkyl amino carbene ruthenium complex. The subsequent oligomerization of terminally-unsaturated fatty acid reatants provides estolide compounds, as exemplified by the process set forth below:;