Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 50, Issue 16, Pages 4705-4708Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jf020224w
Keywords
anacardic acid; cardol; cardanol; cashew nut shell liquid; Anacardium occidentale L.
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Commercially available technical cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) nut shell liquid (CNSL) contains mainly cardanol (decarboxylated anacardic acid) and cardol. Cardanol, the monophenolic component of technical CNSL, is widely used as a synthon for the preparation of a number of polymers and agricultural products. This paper describes the separation of cardanol from toxic cardol. Technical CNSL was dissolved in a mixture of methanol and ammonium hydroxide (8:5) and extracted with hexane to obtain cardanol. The resultant methanolic ammonia layer was extracted with a mixture of ethyl acetate and hexane to yield cardol. This is the first industrially-feasible process based on solvent extractions for the isolation of cardanol from technical CNSL.
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