摘要 |
PURPOSE:To obtain the titled ester useful as an emulsifying agent for foods, etc., without causing coloring and caramel smell, by reacting sorbitol with a fatty acid ester using N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone as a reaction solvent. CONSTITUTION:N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone is used as a reaction solvent in ester interchange reaction of (A) maltitol or/and sorbitol with (B) a fatty acid ester to afford the aimed maltitol or/and sorbitol ester of the fatty acid. |