Abstract
Hexa-, tetra- and mono-fatty acid esters of myoinositol were synthesized by various methods, e.g. by heating myoinositol or its 1,2-isopropiridene derivatives with acid anhydrides of various fatty acids, or by ester exchanging reaction with methyl esters of fatty acids under coexistence of sodium methoxide as catalyst. Properties of these fatty acid esters of myoinositol were described in respect to their nutritional and pharmaceutical usefulness.
