EPOXIDIZED SUNFLOWER OILS AND THEIR RESEARCH

Abstract

In this study, the epoxidation of sunflower oil is studied. Sunflower oil was oxidized with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of Ant acid. The process was carried out in a flask equipped with a mixer and a thermometer. Sunflower oil was oxidized with 30% hydrogen peroxide in the presence of Ant acid. Tetrabutyl titanate was used as a catalyst. To remove excess Ant acid and hydrogen peroxide after the reaction was completed, the reacting mixture was washed using a sodium carbonate solution and separated from the aqueous solution using a separation funnel. It was then washed several times with distilled water and dried in a vacuum. The composition and structure of the resulting epoxidized sunflower oil was studied and analyzed using the methods of modern IQ spectroscopy, raman spectroscopy, NMR and PMR. It was also found to have an iodine number and an epoxy number. In IQ-spectroscopic analysis, the formation of the epoxy group was demonstrated by the presence of fluctuations in the area 2966.52-3055.24 cm^-1. Sunflower oil has an iodine number of 124.6, and when it was oxidized with hydrogen peroxide with an oxide, it was found that the number of iodine in it changed to 117.8.