Citric Acid → Triammonium citrate

HRID 1975645Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1975645 reaction equation
[NH4+:1].[OH-].[C:3]([OH:15])(=[O:14])[CH2:4][C:5]([CH2:10][C:11]([OH:13])=[O:12])([C:7]([OH:9])=[O:8])[OH:6]>>[C:3]([O-:15])(=[O:14])[CH2:4][C:5]([CH2:10][C:11]([O-:13])=[O:12])([C:7]([O-:9])=[O:8])[OH:6].[NH4+:1].[NH4+:1].[NH4+:1]

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 311Citric AcidHCID 14923Ammonium Hydroxide

Product 1

HCID 18954Triammonium citrate

Procedure

Ammonium citrate is prepared by mixing 24.1 ml NH4OH to 23.158 g citric acid. After properly mixing, add mixture to the residue with stirring.

Workup

  1. additionAfter properly mixing
  2. additionadd mixture to the residue

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-3e65e385fb7242829770b7b0c60e7e2b
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1994_02
Patent number
US05288700

Reaction notes

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