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Pyrolysis of Tall Oil-Derived Fatty and Resin Acid Mixtures

Table 1

Composition of total extractives (% of the total).
TOFATORFormula
Fatty acids
Palmitic acid0.1 *C16H32O2
Margaric acid0.1C17H34O2
17:0 anteiso0.1C17H34O2
Linolenic acid8.5C18H30O2
Linoleic acid48.1C18H32O2
Oleic acid24.6C18H34O2
Stearic acid3.5 *C18H36O2
18:2 (conjugated)0.8C18H32O2
18:2 (conjugated)1.8C18H32O2
18:2 (conjugated)2.4C18H32O2
18:3 (conjugated)0.9C18H30O2
10-Nonadecenoic acid1.1C19H36O2
Nonadecanoic acid0.2C19H38O2
Eicosatrienoic acid1.2C20H34O2
Eicosadienoic acid0.2C20H36O2
Eicosenoic acid0.2C20H38O2
Arachidic acid0.20.4C20H40O2
Behenic acid2.2C22H44O2
Lignoseric acid0.5C24H48O2
∑94.03.1
Resin acids
Secohydroabietic acid *C20H30O2
8,15-Isopimaridien-18-oic acid *1.3C20H30O2
8,15-Pimaradien-18-oic acid1.81.1C20H30O2
Pimaric acid1.03.3C20H30O2
Sandaracopimaric acid0.11.2C20H30O2
Isopimaric acid0.14.3C20H30O2
Palustric acid10.6C20H30O2
Dihydroabietic acid0.5C20H32O2
Levopimaric acid0.3C20H30O2
Dehydroabietic acid21.4C20H28O2
Abietic acid36.2C20H30O2
Abietatetraenoic acid1.0C21H28O2
Neoabietic acid1.7C20H30O2
Isodehydroabietic acid*C20H30O2
Hydroxydehydroabietic acid1.2C20H28O3
Unidentified hydroxy resin acid1.4C20H30O3
Dihydroxydehydroabietic acid0.3C20H28O4
Hydroxy-7-oxodehydroabietic acid0.4C20H26O4
∑3.086.2
Unknown3.010.7
∗ T races of the compound detected in qualitative analysis, not enough for the quantification.
Abbreviations: TOFA: neutralised tall oil fatty acid mixture and TOR: neutralised tall oil resin acid mixture.