2.3. Kinetics of base catalyzed transesterification
Methanol (457 lL) was added to a mixture of waste lipid (1 g) and KOH (0.05 g, 5 wt.%). The temperature was kept constant at 60 _C and the reaction was monitored for 2 h. Samples were taken at 10, 30, 60, 90 and 120 min. The work-up of the samples was carried out as described above. The obtained samples were analyzed by 1H NMR.