Hydrochloric Acid → Edds

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A beaker was charged with maleic acid (120.5 g, 1.03 mole); deionized water (120 g); and 50 percent aqueous NaOH (167 g, 2.08 mole). The mixture was stirred until dissolution occurred; the resulting solution was transferred to a 1-liter, stainless-steel autoclave, using 40 g deionized water as a rinse. Ethylenediamine (31.0 g, 0.51 mole) was added over a ten-minute period; and the autoclave was sealed. The mixture was stirred and heated at 140° C. for nine hours and then allowed to cool to ambient temperature. The product solution was acidified to a pH of about 2 with 37 percent aqueous HCl, resulting in the precipitation of racemic/meso EDDS acid. When the precipitation was complete, the product was removed by filtration; washed with deionized water (2×300 mL); and dried overnight under vacuum at 60° C. The yield of EDDS acid, shown to be pure by 1H- and 13C-nmr, was 108 g (0.37 mole, 72 percent).

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