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

Table 2

Fatty acid composition of vegetable oils (% w/w).

Triglyceride	SOY	Milkweed	Pennycress
C14:0	0.1	—	0.1
C16:0	10.6	5.7	3.1
C16:1/C16:2	0.1	9.6	0.2
C18:0	4.0	2.5	0.5
C18:1	23.2	31.0	12.6
C18:2	53.7	50.5	22.4
C18:3	7.6	1.2	11.8
C20:0	0.3	—	0.3
C20:1	—	—	8.6
C20:2	—	—	1.6
C22:0	0.3	—	0.6
C22:1	—	—	32.8
C22:2	—	—	0.7
C22:3	—	—	0.3
C24:1	—	—	2.9
Tunsat	153.6	154.8	143

(a) Data for RBD soybean oil from [19].
(b) Data for crude milkweed from [20].
(c) Data for crude pennycress from [14].
(d) Tunsat (total unsaturates) = , where is weight percent of fatty acid with double bonds; = 1, 2, 3.