The AOCS Lipid Library

LIPID CHEMISTRY

Reactions of the fatty acyl moieties of lipids both at double bonds and at carboxyl groups are important both in biology and for industry. For example, autoxidation can lead to spoilage of foods, and oxidation reactions can cause problems within living tissues. In contrast, a huge industry has developed that makes use of chemical reactions of fatty acyl residues of lipids to develop products for industry - from cosmetics to detergents, etc. Web pages on the following topics will appear as time and work commitments permit.

1. Autoxidation & Photo-oxygenation
2. Epoxidation, Hydroxylation & Oxidative Fission
3. Halogenation & Halohydrins
4. Metathesis
5. Stereomutation
6. Functionalization of unsaturated fatty compounds across the C,C double bond (Ursula Biermann and Jürgen O. Metzger)
7. Double Bond Migration
8. Formation of Heterocyclic Compounds
9. Dimerization
10. Hydrolysis, Alcoholysis, Esterification & Interesterification
11. Acid Chlorides, Anhydrides & Ketene Dimers
12. Peroxyacids & related compounds
13. Sulfonation
14. Carbonate Compounds
15. Guerbet compounds (Gerhard Knothe) - - December 22nd, 2011

As with other sub-sites of The AOCS Lipid Library, the online nature of these contributions allows them to be conveniently updated to reflect advances in the field.

	These web pages are edited by Gerhard Knothe and James Kenar National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Peoria, IL, USA email: gerhard.knothe@ars.usda.gov and Jim.Kenar@ARS.USDA.GOV
Updated: December 22nd, 2011	Credits/disclaimer		© AOCS