Volatile Products of Edible Oils by Open Air Heating. I.

Volatile Substances from Soybean Oil.

Abstract

Volatile products of soybean oil by open air heating at 240°C were identified mainly by gas chromatography. As a result, the following substances were found in the volatile products of soybean oil; normal hydrocarbons such as ethane, propane, n-butane, n-pentane, n-hexane, n-heptane, n-octane, ethylene, propylene, α-butylene, α-pentene, α-hexene, α-heptene, α-octene and two unknown octenes; methyl-cyclopentane; cyclohexane; benzene; aldehydes such as acetaldehyde, propionic aldehyde, butyric aldehyde, n-valeric aldehyde, n-capronic aldehyde, acrolein, crotonaldehyde; and ketones such as acetone and methyl ethyl ketone.