(1) Technical Research Centre of Finland, Chemical Laboratory, P.O. Box 204, SF-02151 Espoo, Finland;(2) Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, SF-00100 Helsinki, Finland
Abstract:
The separation of pinolenic acid from distilled tall oil fatty acid by the iodolactonization method was studied. The significance of prefractionation of tall oils and details of the iodolactonization procedure for the pinolenic acid purity achieved is discussed.