Syntheses and reaction behavior of long-chained alkyl methyl ketones starting from fatty acids, fatty alcohols and fatty nitriles

There are well known a lot of methods for preparation of fatty ketones. Long-chained alkyl methyl ketones can also prepared from different fatty compounds using the following reactions.

We investigated the synthesis of long-chained alkyl methyl ketones systematically in order to optimize reaction conditions, yields and purity of the products.
We also report in this poster about new applications of the microwave technology to transform fatty acids derivatives and fatty alcohols into long-chained alkyl methyl ketones. These compounds are versatile building blocks to synthesize long-chained substituted ß-chlorocrotonaldehydes.