	US 11,773,418 B2
	Processes and systems for catalytic manufacture of wax ester derivatives
Jeff Addy, Chandler, AZ (US); and James H. Brown, Chandler, AZ (US)
Assigned to Cargill, Incorporated, Wayzata, MN (US)
Filed by International Flora Technologies, Ltd., Chandler, AZ (US)
Filed on Sep. 4, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/560,241.
Application 16/560,241 is a continuation of application No. 14/841,242, filed on Aug. 31, 2015, granted, now 10,435,726.
Application 14/841,242 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/578,075, filed on Dec. 19, 2014, granted, now 11,248,245.
Prior Publication US 2019/0390234 A1, Dec. 26, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C12P 7/6436 (2022.01); C11C 3/00 (2006.01)

CPC C12P 7/6436 (2013.01) [C11C 3/003 (2013.01)]

15 Claims

1. A process for transesterifying wax esters, the process comprising:

providing a feedstock comprising jojoba wax esters;

introducing into the feedstock an alcohol with a carbon number ranging from 1 to 34 carbons;

contacting the feedstock with a lipase; and

catalytically transesterifying the jojoba wax esters in the feedstock with the lipase to form a enzymatically transesterified product;

wherein the enzymatically transesterified product, when included in a first finished product having a certain formula, causes the first finished product to have a viscosity that substantially matches a viscosity of a second finished product having the same certain formula as the first finished product where the second finished product comprises chemically catalyzed transesterified jojoba wax esters.