The invention is directed to liquid vegetable unsaturated alcohol mixture
having an iodine value of 88 to 100 and a cloud point less than 7.degree.
C., the unsaturated alcohol mixture being prepared by reduction of a
vegetable unsaturated fatty acid mixture and/or an alkyl ester thereof in
the presence of a zinc-type catalyst having a copper content of 30 ppm or
less, the vegetable unsaturated fatty acid mixture being prepared from at
least one vegetable oil selected from the group consisting of palm oil,
coconut oil and palm kernel oil. The invention also concerns a liquid
vegetable unsaturated alcohol mixture having an iodine value of 88 to
100, a cloud point less than 7.degree. C. or lower and a conjugated diene
content of 1 wt. % or less.