Stearic Acid → Sodium Stearate

HRID 1369366Notes

Reaction equation

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

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 5281Stearic Acid

HCID 14798Sodium Hydroxide

Product 1

HCID 2724691Sodium Stearate

Procedure

then adding a quantity of 2M aqueous sodium hydroxide (for quantity see Table 29) at the same temperature as the stearic acid dispersion with stirring over a particular time (see Table 29 for the time of addition) thereby producing a clear solution with a pH of about 9.2 substantially containing sodium stearate;

Workup

additionfor the time of addition)

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-26e30287f5784fd9adb22598d93b4e5c
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2003_06
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06579671B2

Reaction notes

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