Lactic Acid → Tetramethylammonium lactate dihydrate

Reaction equation

[OH-:1].[CH3:2][N+:3]([CH3:6])([CH3:5])[CH3:4].[C:7]([OH:12])(=[O:11])[CH:8]([CH3:10])[OH:9]>>[OH2:9].[OH2:1].[C:7]([O-:12])(=[O:11])[CH:8]([CH3:10])[OH:9].[CH3:2][N+:3]([CH3:6])([CH3:5])[CH3:4]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 612Lactic Acid

HCID 60966Tetramethylammonium hydroxide

Product 1

HCID 18953226Tetramethylammonium lactate dihydrate

Procedure

Tetramethylammonium lactate dihydrate was prepared by the addition of tetramethylammonium hydroxide (25% in methanol) to an equivalent amount of lactic acid (85% aqueous solution) with cooling on ice followed by solvent removal and the addition of sufficient water to form the dihydrate.

Workup

temperaturewith cooling on ice
customfollowed by solvent removal
additionthe addition of sufficient water

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-90df39cb4c594ff299ef042b0f9a8625
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1994_12
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05371001

Reaction notes

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