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

Table 3

Oxidation stability of vegetable oils, epoxides, and formate esters.

		SOY	MW	PC
PDSC – OT (°C)	Veg. oil	162.0 ± 0.6
	Epoxide		194.5 ± 0.3
	Formate	179.1 ± 0.1	183.8 ± 0.5	172.7 ± 3.8
PDSC– PT (°C)	Veg. oil	171.3 ± 1.1
	Epoxide		211.3 ± 0.5
	Formate	217.8 ± 2.4	224.7 ± 1.5	215.5 ± 1.1

(a) All data from this work unless noted.