Citric Acid → Tricalcium Citrate

HRID 1065979Notes

Reaction equation

C(=O)([O-])[O-].[Ca+2:5].[C:6]([OH:18])(=[O:17])[CH2:7][C:8]([CH2:13][C:14]([OH:16])=[O:15])([C:10]([OH:12])=[O:11])[OH:9]>>[C:6]([O-:18])(=[O:17])[CH2:7][C:8]([CH2:13][C:14]([O-:16])=[O:15])([C:10]([O-:12])=[O:11])[OH:9].[Ca+2:5].[C:6]([O-:18])(=[O:17])[CH2:7][C:8]([CH2:13][C:14]([O-:16])=[O:15])([C:10]([O-:12])=[O:11])[OH:9].[Ca+2:5].[Ca+2:5]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 311Citric Acid

HCID 10112Calcium Carbonate

Product 1

HCID 13136Tricalcium Citrate

Procedure

It can be advantageous to have some of the calcium carbonate react with citric acid to give calcium citrate.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-b19e13df2416497eaed3a9c58b3c64c6
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2001_06
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06242002B1

Reaction notes

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