ABSTRACT
I. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 350 II. Lipid Composition ................................................................................................................ 350 III. A Brief History ..................................................................................................................... 350 IV. Three Faces of Interesterication ......................................................................................... 351 V. Interesterication Catalysts .................................................................................................. 352
A. Is a Catalyst Necessary for Interesterication? ............................................................ 352 B. Available Catalysts for Interesterication .................................................................... 352 C. Precautions ................................................................................................................... 352 D. The “Real” Catalyst ...................................................................................................... 353 E. Reaction Termination ................................................................................................... 353
VI. Reaction Mechanisms ........................................................................................................... 353 A. Carbonyl Addition Mechanism .................................................................................... 354 B. Claisen Condensation ................................................................................................... 355
VII. Random and Directed Interesterication ............................................................................. 357 A. Random Interesterication ........................................................................................... 357 B. Batch Interesterication ............................................................................................... 359 C. Continuous Interesterication ...................................................................................... 359 D. Regioselectivity in Interesterication ...........................................................................360 E. Directed Interesterication...........................................................................................360
