178 results about "Branched chain fatty acids" patented technology

Disclosed herein are novel mixtures of scattered-branched chain fatty acids and derivatives of scattered-branched chain fatty acids. Further disclosed are uses of these mixtures in cleaning compositions (e.g., dishcare, laundry, hard surface cleaners,) and / or personal care compositions (e.g., skin cleansers, shampoo, hair conditioners).

Methods and cells for producing scattered branched-chain fatty acids are provided. For example, the invention provides a method for producing branched-chain fatty acid comprising a methyl on one or more even number carbons. The method comprises culturing a cell comprising an exogenous or overexpressed polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide that catalyzes the conversion of propionyl-CoA to methylmalonyl-CoA and / or an exogenous or overexpressed polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide that catalyzes the conversion of succinyl-CoA to methylmalonyl-CoA, under conditions allowing expression of the polynucleotide(s) and production of branched-chain fatty acid. The cell produces more branched-chain fatty acid comprising a methyl on one or more even number carbons than an otherwise similar cell that does not comprise the polynucleotide(s). A cell that produces branched-chain fatty acid and the branched-chain fatty acid also are provided.

The present invention relates to polyglycerol partial esers of polyhydroxystearic acid and polyfunctional carboxylic acids which are obtainable by esterification of a polyglycerol mixture with polyhydroxystearic acid where N=1 to 10, preferably 2 to 8, in particular 3 to 5 units and dimer fatty acids which have been obtained by catalytic dimerization of unsaturated fatty acids having 12 to 22 C atoms and have an average functionality of 2 to 3, and / or with aliphatic, linear or branched dicarboxylic acids having a chain length of 2 to 16 C atoms and additionally saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched fatty acids having 6 to 22 C atoms, preferably 12 to 18 C atoms, the degree of esterification of the polyglycerol mixture being between 20 and 75%, preferably 40 to 70%.

The present invention relates to a process for branching fatty acids or alkyl esters thereof and the use of such branched fatty acid alkyl esters as a major component of biodiesel.

A composition suitable for use on the skin or hair comprising: a) at least one extract of a Boswellia plant or at least one boswellic acid; and b) a carrier selected from the group consisting of branched fatty alcohols containing 8 to 32 carbon atoms, branched fatty acids containing 8 to 32 carbon atoms, unsaturated fatty alcohols containing 12 to 24 carbon atoms, unsaturated fatty acids containing 12 to 24 carbon atoms and derivatives of said branched fatty alcohols, said branched fatty acids, said unsaturated fatty alcohols and said unsaturated fatty acids, or mixtures thereof.

In a prior cosmetic, a cosmetic product provided with sufficient storage stability together with excellent usability can not be realized, and it has been an actual state that a cosmetic product having sense of non-tackiness etc. and excellent usability has poor storage stability. In the present invention, as a cosmetic, a cosmetic for producing a cosmetic product having more excellent usability and storage stability, and a method for making the same, are provided.The cosmetic of the present invention is characterized in that it comprises an amino acid oil gelling agent, a polyamide resin and one or more monoesters selected from a monoester having a C9 to C24 linear chain or branched chain fatty acid residue and / or a C9 to C24 linear chain or branched chain alcohol residue, and thereby, a cosmetic product having excellent usability and sufficient storage stability in combination can be realized.

Anhydrous sunscreen compositions that include a volatile solvent, an organic UV-filter dissolved in the volatile solvent, a water-insoluble, low-volatility, C2-C8, liquid silicone dissolved in the volatile solvent, a branched fatty acid ester of a polyprotic carboxylic acid dissolved in the volatile solvent, and a film-forming polymer, where the branched fatty acid ester of a polyprotic carboxylic acid and the water-insoluble, low-volatility, C2-C8, liquid silicone are present in a ratio from about 3:1 to 4.25:1.

The present invention relates to a process for the skeletal isomerization of unsaturated linear fatty acids to branched fatty acids which comprises contacting said unsaturated linear fatty acids with at least one large pore zeolite catalyst wherein said at least one zeolite catalyst comprises a material having a three dimensional channel structure having a pore diameter of at least 6.0 Å. In another embodiment, the invention relates to a process for the skeletal isomerization and hydrogenation of unsaturated linear fatty acids to saturated branched fatty acids which comprises contacting said unsaturated linear fatty acids in the presence of an acidic catalyst, wherein said acidic catalyst comprises a mesoporous crystalline phase having pore walls containing primary and secondary crystalline building unit structures.

An oily raw material which is usable as an oily raw material for cosmetics and has water-holding properties; and a cosmetic containing this material. The water-holding oily raw material is an esterification product obtained by esterifying polyglycerol having an average degree of polymerization of 6 to 15 with a C8-22 branched fatty acid. This esterification product preferably has a degree of esterification of 60% or higher. This esterification product can be used to produce a cosmetic.

Disclosed are thickeners comprising at least one polyfunctional alcohol ester of formula (I), where G is a moiety which is obtained by removing all alcoholic hydroxyl groups from a polyhydric alcohol; A is an alkylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, where all identical or different alkylene groups may be randomly distributed or present in blocks, n is a number from 101 to 200, and the total of m+p represents the total number of alcoholic hydroxy groups in the polyhydric alcohol, and RCO is an acyl moiety of saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched fatty acids having 6 to 22 carbon atoms.

A process for preparing saturated branched chain fatty acids or alkyl esters thereof involving subjecting unsaturated fatty acids having 10 to 25 carbon atoms, alkyl esters thereof or mixtures thereof to a skeletal isomerization reaction in the presence of water or a lower alcohol at a temperature of about 240° C. to about 280° C. using a combination of a stericly hindered Lewis base and zeolite as a Brönsted or Lewis acid catalyst, and isolating saturated branched chain fatty acids or alkyl esters thereof or mixtures thereof from the reaction mixture obtained by the skeletal isomerization reaction. The yield of said saturated branched chain fatty acids is ≧70 wt %. The stericly hindered Lewis base is a tertiary amine or phosphine with linear or branched C1 to C6 alkyl or phenyl groups attached thereto.

The invention provides a transparent solid soap which contains (A) C12-18 linear saturated fatty acids and / or salts thereof and contains substantially neither any branched fatty acid salt nor any unsaturated fatty acid salt. The transparent solid soap further contains (B) one or more members selected among nonionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, polyhydric alcohols which are liquid at ordinary temperature, and saccharides, (C) an inorganic salt, and (D) water. The content of the fatty acids constituting the ingredient (A) is 20-40 mass% based on the whole solid soap, and the proportion of the fatty acids constituting the ingredient (A) to the ingredient (B) is from 30 / 70 to 45 / 55 by mass. The content of the ingredient (C) is 0.5-5 mass%, and the ingredient (D) constitutes the remainder. In the ingredient (A), the proportion of the C12 fatty acid to the sum of the C16 fatty acid and the C18 fatty acid is from 30 / 70 to 60 / 40 by mass, and the proportion of the C12 fatty acid to theC14 fatty acid is from 20 / 80 to 80 / 20 by mass. The total amount of the C12 fatty acid and the C14 fatty acid is 14-22 mass% based on the whole solid soap. This transparent solid soap is highly transparent and lathers well especially in hard water. It has the moderate hardness required of solid soaps, is free from problems concerning deterioration in odor with time and sogginess. The solid soap has high productivity and can be easily molded into a desired shape.

Provided is an aqueous hair cosmetic composition containing (A) a tertiary amine type cationic surfactant, (B) an aromatic alcohol, (C) a branched fatty acid or salt thereof, and water, wherein Component (B) and Component (C) at a (B) / (C) weight ratio falls within a range of from 100 / 1 to 1 / 10. The aqueous hair cosmetic composition of the present invention can repair or prevent the hair damage and fatigue breakdown and give good flexibility and a supple touch to the hair during from wetting to even after drying.

Provided is a surface-treated powder, the surface of which has been treated by a surface-treatment agent comprising either one compound selected from either group A or B, or a mixture of one compound from each A and B, where A includes alkylalkoxysilanes represented by general formula (1) and B includes both reactive organosilicones represented by general formula (2) as well as saturated and unsaturated C12-22 branched fatty acids (including those in salt form). The surface-treated powder is particularly usable as a cosmetic and is easily dispersible. In general formula (1):(CnH2n+1)aSi(OCmH2m+1)b, n is an integer from 1 to 18, m is an integer from 1 to 3, and a and b are each integers from 1 to 3 that sum up to 4. In general formula (2):R1 3SiO)(R1 2SiO)p(SiR2 3), each R1 independently represents either a C1-4 lower alkyl group or a hydrogen atom; R2 represents either an amino group, a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, or a C1-4 lower alkoxy group; and p is an integer from 1 to 300.

The invention relates to a sea cucumber oil product and a method for preparing the same. The sea cucumber oil is prepared by using sea cucumbers (in particular stichopus japonicus and internal organs thereof as well as cucumaria frondosa and the internal organs thereof) as raw materials through the processes of cleaning, freeze drying, pulverization and carbon dioxide supercritical extraction. The fatty acid component of the prepared finished product contains high-proportion branched-chain fatty acid, odd carbon number of fatty acid, as well as omega-3 fatty acid, wherein the branched-chain fatty acid accounts for 10 to 60 percent of the total fatty acids, and the content of 12-methyl-tetradecanoic-acid accounts for 2.5 to 30 percent of the total fatty acids. The sea cucumber oil is liquid state oil with colors from orange yellow to red and has stable property and sea fishy smell. The saponification value of the sea cucumber oil is between 150 and 190 mgKOH / g, and the iodine value thereof is between 70 and 100 g / 100 g.

A cosmetic or pharmaceutical composition is provided. The composition contains a mixture of oils prepared by Kolbe electrolysis of branched chain fatty acids and mixtures of branched chain fatty acids with straight chain fatty acids. The fatty acids containing from 3 to 26 carbon atoms. The oils are a mixture of oils with different spreading rates (spreading cascade).

Substantially anhydrous compositions including at least 10% by weight of a C2 or C3 mono-alcohol, a solid, organic UV-filter dissolved therein; and an oil portion including one or more oils, the oil portion having an interfacial tension with water of greater than 9 and less than 32.5, where the composition has a volume fraction of oil relative to oil plus C2 or C3 mono-alcohol that is about 0.44 or greater, and is substantially free of a mixture of a low-volatility, C2-C8 liquid silicone and a branched fatty acid ester of a polyprotic carboxylic acid in a ratio of from about 3:1 to 4.25:1

The present invention generally relates to a process for the skeletal isomerization of unsaturated linear fatty acids and / or alkyl esters thereof to their branched counterparts. Said skeletal isomerization process comprises contacting said unsaturated linear fatty acids and / or alkyl esters thereof with at least one metal ion exchanged solid material catalyst. The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of branched fatty acids and / or alkyl esters thereof from their straight chain counterparts. Finally, the invention also relates to various derivatives prepared from the branched fatty acids and / or alkyl esters prepared in accordance with the present invention.

The invention discloses a method preparing for a biological diesel with the branched chain fatty acid ester, which comprises the following steps: mixing the natural grease, the frying scavenge oil or the trench oil with carbinol, alkyl(the range of carbon atomicity is 3-7), the carbinol type branched chain alcohol(the boiling point is under 155Deg. C) or no branched chain carbinol type branched chain alcohol on alpha-carbon atom; adding the accelerant preparing for the biological diesel( the mole ratio of the carbinol and the grease is 1-6:1; the mole ratio of the branched chain alcohol and the grease is 3-20:1; the accelerant consumption of the esterifying reaction is 0. 3%-5% grease weight); reacting 20-90min at 40Deg. C-100Deg. C; getting the product A; distilling the product A; getting the upper layer biological diesel and the lower layer glycerin after stratifying the rest product in the knockout drum. The invention changes the low temperature floating property of the product, which improves the caloric value.

A process for preparing saturated branched chain fatty acids or alkyl esters thereof involving subjecting unsaturated fatty acids having 10 to 25 carbon atoms, alkyl esters thereof or mixtures thereof to a skeletal isomerization reaction in the presence of water or a lower alcohol at a temperature of about 240° C. to about 280° C. using a combination of a stericly hindered Lewis base and zeolite as a Brönsted or Lewis acid catalyst, and isolating saturated branched chain fatty acids or alkyl esters thereof or mixtures thereof from the reaction mixture obtained by the skeletal-isomerization reaction. The yield of said saturated branched chain fatty acids is ≧70 wt %. The stericly hindered Lewis base is a tertiary amine or phosphine with linear or branched C1 to C6 alkyl or phenyl groups attached thereto.

Sunscreen compositions containing a discontinuous oil phase dispersed in a continuous water phase, at least 10% by weight of an organic UV-filter, a water-insoluble, C2-C8, liquid silicone, a branched fatty acid ester of a polyprotic carboxylic acid; and at least 2% by weight of a mineral particulate having a starch coating applied to the surface thereof.