(1) Instituto de Quimica, UNICAMP, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil;(2) Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse, 2 avenue Albert Einstein, 69626 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
Abstract:
The formation of fatty acid methyl esters by transesterification with methanol can be monitored by1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; this accurate determination is simpler than chromatographic methods.