DERIVATIVES OF 1,3-PROPANEDIOL
The present invention relates to products that are derived from renewable biobased 1,3-propanediol (“1,3-PDO”). In this regard, aspects of the present invention involve the use of “green chemistry” in that products of the present invention are capable of being made from a renewable source of raw material.
1 . A fatty acid ester in which the source of the acid residue of the ester is a fatty acid having a chain length of about 2 to about 40 carbon atoms (hereafter “a fatty acid”) and the source of the alcohol residue of the ester is one or more of:
(A) 1,3-propanediol;
(B) poly(1,3-propanediol) polymer;
(C) 1,3-propanediol glycerol;
(D) poly(1,3-propanediol glycerol) copolymer; or
(E) 1,3-propanediol capped glycerol.
2 . A fatty acid ester according to claim 1 including a fatty acid selected from the group consisting of stearic acid, coco fatty acid, oleic acid, behenic acid.
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