Resumen de Teaching Green Chemistry with Epoxidized Soybean Oil

Homar S. Barcena, Abraham Tuachi, Yuanzhuo Zhang

• The synthesis of epoxidized soybean oil (ESO) provides students a vantage point on the application of green chemistry principles in a series of experiments. Qualitative tests review the reactions of alkenes, whereas spectroscopic analyses provide insight in monitoring functional group transformations.