Ammonia → Triammonium citrate

HRID 1017106Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1017106 reaction equation
[C:1]([OH:13])(=[O:12])[CH2:2][C:3]([CH2:8][C:9]([OH:11])=[O:10])([C:5]([OH:7])=[O:6])[OH:4].[NH4+:14].[Cl-].N>O>[C:1]([O-:13])(=[O:12])[CH2:2][C:3]([CH2:8][C:9]([O-:11])=[O:10])([C:5]([O-:7])=[O:6])[OH:4].[NH4+:14].[NH4+:14].[NH4+:14]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 222AmmoniaHCID 311Citric AcidHCID 25517Ammonium Chloride2×

Product 1

HCID 18954Triammonium citrate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

930 g of citric acid was dissolved in 2 l of deionized water and a salmiac solution containing 25 wt.-% of NH3 was added until a pH of 6.8 was reached (approximately one liter of the salmiac solution was used for the purpose).

Workup

  1. additionwas added until a pH of 6.8

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-bc5fccf0a4f8412cb0abcbbcbceddb99
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2002_11
Patent number
US06479029B1

Reaction notes

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