Triethylamine → Triethylmethylammonium methyl carbonate

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Reaction Steps

Into an autoclave equipped with a stirrer were charged triethylamine (1 mole), dimethyl carbonate (1.5 mole) and methanol (2.0 mole), which were reacted at a reaction temperature of 110° C. for 12 hours to obtain a methanol solution of methyltriethylammoniummethyl carbonate. To the thus obtained solution was added octylic acid (1 mole) followed by removing carbon dioxide gas evolved and methanol to obtain methyltriethylammonium octylate (C-1).

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