Fatty acid methyl esters and dimethylacetals suitable for gas chromatographic analysis were
prepared by treatment of lipids with boron fluoride–methanol (140 g BF 3 per liter of
methanol). This reagent is stable and easy to handle. Reaction conditions were investigated
for triglycerides, diglycerides, monoglycerides, free fatty acids, sterol esters, phosphatidyl
ethanolamines, phosphatidyl serines, phosphatidyl cholines, monophosphoinositides,
monogalactosyl glycerides, phosphatidal cholines (choline plasmalogens), digalactosyl …