Stearic Acid → Zinc Stearate

HRID 1457488Notes

Reaction equation

[C:1]([OH:20])(=[O:19])[CH2:2][CH2:3][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][CH3:18].[O-2].[Zn+2:22]>>[C:1]([O-:20])(=[O:19])[CH2:2][CH2:3][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][CH3:18].[Zn+2:22].[C:1]([O-:20])(=[O:19])[CH2:2][CH2:3][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][CH3:18]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 5281Stearic Acid3×

HCID 3007857Zinc Oxide2×

Product 1

HCID 11178Zinc Stearate

Conditions

Temperature: 60 °C

Procedure

A slight stoichiometric excess of stearic acid was added to the zinc oxide aqueous slurry. It was heated with agitation to 60° C. to melt the stearic acid. As the melt temperature is approached, the stearic acid reacted with the zinc oxide to produce fine particle size zinc stearate. Fine particle size zinc stearate is used in the rubber and paint industries.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-c5a1978e108e4135a5a8deea79e25f49
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1998_12
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05849063

Reaction notes

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