Water → Sodium Behenate

HRID 1861585Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1861585 reaction equation
[C:1]([OH:24])(=[O:23])[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][CH2:18][CH2:19][CH2:20][CH2:21][CH3:22].O.[OH-].[Na+:27]>C(O)(C)(C)C>[C:1]([O-:24])(=[O:23])[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][CH2:18][CH2:19][CH2:20][CH2:21][CH3:22].[Na+:27]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 962WaterHCID 8215Docosanoic AcidHCID 14798Sodium Hydroxide

Product 1

HCID 23668838Sodium Behenate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6386tert-ButanolSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
75 °C

Procedure

876 g of behenic acid (Edenor C22-85R, trade name, manufactured by Henkel Co.), 4230 ml of distilled water, 492 ml of a 5 N aqueous solution of NaOH, and 1200 ml of tert-butyl alcohol were mixed and allowed to react by stirring at 75° C. for one hour to obtain a solution of sodium behenate.

Workup

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Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-8589f1533d0948c9a1a8abd67ed58878
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2003_03
Patent number
US06534258B2

Reaction notes

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