Lipids · 1970 · 32 citations · 8 references
Food ChemistryChemical EngineeringEngineeringChemical CompositionOrganic ChemistryUnidentified Degradation CompoundsDegradation ProductsChemistryHalogenationOxidation ProductsChemical KineticsAlternative RefrigerantDihydroxy Dimer
Abstract The oxidation products of 14 C‐α‐tocopherol formed by heating with methyl linoleate in an air atmosphere at 60 C or 100 C were investigated. The products included a dimer, trimer and dihydroxy dimer, α‐tocopherol quinone and unidentified degradation compounds. The dimer and trimer constituted the major products present after heating for 70 hr at 60 C. After 70 hr at 100 C most of the 14 C‐α‐tocopherol had been converted to degradation products; part of the 14 C originallt present in the 5‐methyl group was recovered as 14 CO 2 and 14 CH 3 OH.
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