Sulfuric Acid → Succinic Acid

HRID 2068166Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2068166 reaction equation
[C:1]([O-:8])(=[O:7])[CH2:2][CH2:3][C:4]([O-:6])=[O:5].[Na+:9].[Na+].[OH:11][S:12]([OH:15])(=[O:14])=[O:13].C(O)C.C([O-])(=O)CCC([O-])=O.[Na+].[Na+]>C(O)C>[C:1]([OH:8])(=[O:7])[CH2:2][CH2:3][C:4]([OH:6])=[O:5].[S:12]([O-:15])([O-:14])(=[O:13])=[O:11].[Na+:9].[Na+:9]

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 1118Sulfuric AcidHCID 9020Sodium SuccinateHCID 86659235Ethanol sodium succinate

Product 2

HCID 1110Succinic AcidHCID 24436Sodium Sulfate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 702EthanolSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
30 °C

Procedure

A mixture of 32.06 g of 200 proof ethanol and 4.325 g of 98% sodium succinate was prepared and heated to 30° C. H2SO4 (2.5386 g, 98%) was then added to the ethanol/sodium succinate slurry while stirring to produce free succinic acid and sodium sulfate. Following the procedure described in Example 1, a conversion of 86.6% of sodium succinate was obtained after 24 hours.

Workup

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Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-d36f28e5c76441a4a517423731bd2a21
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2012_10
Patent number
US08293935B2

Reaction notes

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