Methyl soyate
- Benchmark: Benchmark 3
- Assessed: 2025-10-03
- Expires: 2030-02-25
Used primarily in Industrial / Manufacturing, Pesticides & Biocides, Solvents & Cleaning, and Tech, Energy & Fuel applications, Methyl soyate is specifically used in emulsifier, fuel, lubricant, solvent, and wetting agent.
Methyl soyate belongs to the fatty acid alkyl ester chemical group. It is used as an alternate fuel (biodiesel), solvent, lubricant, in building composites, paints and coatings, plastics, an emulsifier and wetting agent, and as a pesticide carrier and adjuvant. It is produced by reacting soybean oil and methanol via base-catalyzed transesterification of the oil with alcohol, direct acid-catalyzed esterification of the oil with methanol, or conversion of the oil to fatty acids and then to alkyl esters with acid catalysis.
Chemical Synonyms Fatty acids, soya, Me esters; Soya fatty acids, Me esters
Key Functions: Industrial / Manufacturing, Pesticides & Biocides, Solvents & Cleaning, Tech, Energy & Fuel