Acetic Acid → Magnesium Acetate

HRID 2308142Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2308142 reaction equation
[Mg:1].[C:2]([OH:5])(=[O:4])[CH3:3]>>[C:2]([O-:5])(=[O:4])[CH3:3].[Mg+2:1].[C:2]([O-:5])(=[O:4])[CH3:3].[O-2:4].[Mg+2:1]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 176Acetic AcidHCID 5462224Magnesium

Product 2

HCID 8896Magnesium AcetateHCID 6850729Magnesium monoxide

Procedure

Carboxylate salts of electropositive metals such as magnesium can be readily prepared by reaction of the oxide with an aqueous solution of the free acid form of the desired carboxylate. Thus, magnesium acetate can be readily obtained by the reaction of magnesium oxide, i.e. magnesia, with acetic acid in aqueous solution. In this reaction magnesium hydroxide may be substituted for magnesium oxide as the source of magnesium.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-728ac20fdbbf46719939872bba3b425f
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2004_12
Patent number
US06835364B2

Reaction notes

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