Lithium Hydroxide → Lithium hydroxyoctadecanoate

Reaction equation

O[CH:2]([CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18][CH2:19][CH2:20][CH3:21])[CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][C:13]([OH:15])=[O:14].[OH-:22].[Li+:23].[P].[S]>>[OH:22][CH:12]([CH2:11][CH2:10][CH2:9][CH2:8][CH2:7][CH2:6][CH2:5][CH2:4][CH2:3][CH2:2][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18][CH2:19][CH2:20][CH3:21])[C:13]([O-:15])=[O:14].[Li+:23]

Participants

Reactant 4

HCID 3939Lithium Hydroxide

HCID 778912-Hydroxystearic acid

HCID 5362487Sulfur

HCID 5462309Phosphorus

Product 1

HCID 23668506Lithium hydroxyoctadecanoate

Procedure

A lithium hydroxystearate grease thickener was prepared by saponification of a mixture containing 12-hydroxystearic acid (50%) and the tri-glyceride thereof (25%) and 25% of C22 fatty acids containing no OH groups with lithium hydroxide in a mineral oil vehicle (ISO 150 viscosity grade of a 70/30 mixture of naphthenic and paraffinic stocks) at about 350° F. in a closed contactor. After depressuring and dehydration of the thickener in an open kettle sufficient mineral oil was added to reduce the thickener content to about 8%. The dropping point of this grease was 407° F. (208° C.). This grease contained no phosphorus or sulfur additives.