Chemical synthesis and characterization of palm oil-based difatty acyl thiourea

• Main Authors: Hoidy, Wisam H., Ahmad @ Ayob, Mansor, Al-Mulla, Emad A. Jaffar, Wan Yunus, Wan Md. Zin, Ibrahim, Nor Azowa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Oil Chemists' Society 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13581/1/Chemical%20synthesis%20and%20characterization%20of%20palm%20oil.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13581/; https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jos/59/5/59_5_229/_article
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Difatty acyl thiourea (DFAT), which has biological activities as antibiotics and antifungal, has been synthesized from palm oil and thiourea using sodium ethoxide as catalyst. Ethyl fatty ester (EFE) and glycerol were produced as by-products. The synthesis was carried out by reflux palm oil with thi...