Synthesis of Polyformate Esters of Vegetable Oils: Milkweed, Pennycress, and Soy

Table 1

Some physical properties of polyformate esters of vegetable oils.

		SOY	MW	PC
Density at 23–25°C (g/mL)	Veg. oil	0.919 at 25°C	<1 at 23°C (0.913)	0.896 at 25°C
	Epoxide	1.111 at 24°C	1.05 at 23°C	1.023 at 24°C
	Formate	1.041 at 24°C	1.09 at 24°C	1.096 at 24°C
Surface tension at RT, dyn/cm	Formate	34.3 ± 0.1	34.5 ± 0.2	35.4 ± 0.2
kinVisc at 40°C (mm^2/s)	Veg. oil	32.7	33.8	40.97
	Epoxide	170.9	164.4	136
	Formate	1493.9	388.3	595.7
kinVisc at 100°C (mm^2/s)	Veg. oil	7.5	7.3	9.39
	Epoxide	20.4	19.22	18.00
	Formate	112.66	44.6	55.4
Viscosity Index	Veg. oil	209	190	224
	Epoxide	136	133	147
	Formate	170	172	157

(a) All data from this work unless otherwise noted.
(b) at 25°C [16].
(c) [15].
(d) [17].
(e) [18].
(f) Data for crude pennycress from [14].