Lactic Acid → Tetramethylammonium lactate dihydrate

HRID 1491550Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1491550 reaction equation
[OH-:1].[CH3:2][N+:3]([CH3:6])([CH3:5])[CH3:4].[C:7]([OH:12])(=[O:11])[CH:8]([CH3:10])[OH:9]>>[OH2:9].[OH2:1].[C:7]([O-:12])(=[O:11])[CH:8]([CH3:10])[OH:9].[CH3:2][N+:3]([CH3:6])([CH3:5])[CH3:4]

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 612Lactic AcidHCID 60966Tetramethylammonium hydroxide

Product 1

HCID 18953226Tetramethylammonium lactate dihydrate

Procedure

Tetramethylammonium lactate dihydrate was prepared by the addition of tetramethylammonium hydroxide (25% in methanol) to an equivalent amount of lactic acid (85% aqueous solution) with cooling on ice followed by solvent removal and the addition of sufficient water to form the dihydrate.

Workup

  1. temperaturewith cooling on ice
  2. customfollowed by solvent removal
  3. additionthe addition of sufficient water

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-90df39cb4c594ff299ef042b0f9a8625
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1994_12
Patent number
US05371001

Reaction notes

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