Maleic Anhydride → Sodium methyl maleate

HRID 2163422Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2163422 reaction equation
[C:1]1(=[O:7])[O:6][C:4](=[O:5])[CH:3]=[CH:2]1.[C:8](=O)([O-])[O-:9].[Na+:12].[Na+]>CO>[C:4]([O:9][CH3:8])(=[O:5])/[CH:3]=[CH:2]\[C:1]([O-:6])=[O:7].[Na+:12]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 7923Maleic AnhydrideHCID 10340Sodium Carbonate

Product 1

HCID 23681663Sodium methyl maleate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 887MethanolSolvent

Procedure

1 mole of maleic anhydride is dissolved in 1000 ml methanol and 0.5 mole of sodium carbonate is added. The solution is filtered and the methanol is distilled off under pressure. After drying the product in a vacuum oven 152 g of sodium methyl maleate is obtained.

Workup

  1. filtrationThe solution is filtered
  2. distillationthe methanol is distilled off under pressure
  3. dry with materialAfter drying the product in a vacuum oven 152 g of sodium methyl maleate
  4. customis obtained

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-0e6966cff1c84bf8a5debf1a37f9d22a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1979_01
Patent number
US04133960

Reaction notes

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