Fatty acid isomerization with mesoporous zeolites

摘要

The present invention generally relates to a process for the preparation of branched fatty acids from straight chain unsaturated fatty acid feedstocks with a strongly acidic and hydrothermally stable mesoporous aluminosilicate and/or aluminophosphate catalyst materials having mesopores of 15-500 Å and contain primary and secondary nanosized zeolite structural units in the walls that separate mesopores.