Hydrochloric Acid → antimony (V) hexyl thioglycolate

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Reaction Steps

Sodium antimonate obtained from U.S. Antimony Corporation (22.73 g, 0.0563 mole) was placed in the reaction vessel and the hexyl thioglycolate (100 ml, 0.5625 mole) added and stirred. Concentrated hydrochloric acid from Fisher Scientic Co. (9.52 ml, 0.1125 mole) was added dropwise, and an immediate temperature rise of 12° C. occurred. The mixture was thereafter heated and the byproduct of the reaction, water, was distilled over at 96° C. and collected. After 2 hours, a 92% yield of antimony (V) hexyl thioglycolate was obtained. The product was filtered to remove unreacted sodium antimonate and the additional byproduct of the reaction, sodium chloride.

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