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Abstract

The present invention relates to a process, which is particularly suitable for the production of sebacic acid and/or 2-octanol, and also for the production of biodiesel, wherein the process is a process for the reaction of a fatty acid ester (such as castor oil, or canola or rapeseed oil) and/or a fatty acid (such as riconleic acid) with an inorganic base (such as sodium hydroxide), the process comprising the following steps: (i) providing a pressurised and heated stream of fatty acid ester and/or fatty acid; (ii) providing an inorganic base; (iii) combining the stream obtained from step (i) with the inorganic base obtained in step (ii), in the presence of water, in a reaction vessel, by injection, thereby to produce reaction mixture in the form of a pressurised and heated stream; (iv) optionally maintaining the stream obtained in step (iii) at a selected temperature and pressure; and (v) thereby obtaining a reaction product.

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