Quantitative gas-liquid chromatography of short-chain fatty acids as 2-chloroethanol esters

1961 ◽  
Vol 33 (13) ◽  
pp. 1847-1851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurt. Oette ◽  
E. H. Ahrens
1957 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 366-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Hawke

1. Despite the presence of appreciable quantities of steam volatile fatty acids as glycerides in butterfat, no short-chain fatty acids with odd carbon number have been detected by gas-liquid chromatography of the acids.2. Mild oxidation of butterfat for short periods of time produces steam volatile fatty acids with odd carbon number. A large proportion of these acids was formic, with smaller proportions of propionic, valeric and nonanoic acids.3. The relative ease with which short-chain fatty acids are produced on oxidation of fats, points to the danger of contaminating naturally occurring fatty acids with extraneous acids.4. A total analysis of the fatty acids of New Zealand butterfat by gas-liquid chromatography compared well with similar analyses carried out by previous workers by means of esterfractionation analysis.


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