Synthesis if 3-cardanoxy-1,2- propanediol using cardanol from cashew (Anarcadium occidantale L.) nut shell liquid

Date

4-2010

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Chemistry

College

College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Hidelisa P. Hernandez

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Abstract

Natural cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL), an agricultural waste by-product, was extracted from the cashew nut shells using an oil expeller. Natural CNSL was heated with calcium hydroxide to produce cardanol-rich technical CNSL. Cardanol was isolated and purified by liquid-liquid extraction and chromatography. Synthesis of 3-cardanoxy-1,2-propanediol was done through the base-catalyzed nucleophilic substitution reaction of cardanol and glycidol. The product was purified through vacuum liquid chromatography using DCM and DCM:ethyl acetate solvents. 1H and 13C NMR analyses confirmed the structure of cardanol and its conversion to 3- cardanoxy-1,2-propanediol.

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

Document Type

Thesis

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