Studies in the Synthesis of Maleinised Hydroxymethylated and Acrylated Hydroxymethylated Jatropha Curcas Oil

Paraformaldehyde and Jatropha curcas oil, a triglyceride were reacted in the presence of a Lewis acid, borontrifluoride etherate and the hydroxymethylated Jatropha curcas oils were obtained at 62% yield. The hydroxymethylated Jatropha curcas oil were reacted with maleic anhydride at 1000C and acryloyl chloride at 00C to produce the maleate half esters and acrylate esters respectively. Characterisation of the new modified oils and products were done by Fourier transform Infrared, 1H NMR spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry as well as by physicochemical methods.