Method for preparing cleaved products from castor oil or derivatives thereof

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A process for producing a cleaved product from castor oil or derrivatives , thereof, by high temperature caustic oxidation reaction accomplished by combining at least one chemically inert diluent a catalyst, and an alkali in , aqueous solution to form a first mixture wherein the diluent is present in an amount sufficient to reduce foaming and solidification of the mixture while increasing the yield and improving the purity and adding a ricinic compound to the first mixture to form a second mixture. The temperature of the second mixture is raised to a level sufficient to conduct pyrolysis and the cleaved , product produced thereby is recovered by adding an acid to the reaction mixture …