Citric Acid → Triammonium citrate

HRID 1975647Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1975647 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 was prepared by mixing 57.4 ml of concentrated NH4OH to 55.149 g of citric acid Stir to complete the reaction. Add this to the Ca(OH)2 mixture. Stir vigorously to prevent solidification.

Workup

  1. customthe reaction
  2. stirringStir vigorously

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5a9bf336b3154568a1f9bb6a44de7f39
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1994_02
Patent number
US05288700

Reaction notes

Loading…