Decanoic Acid → Silver(1+) decanoate

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First, silver n-decanoate was prepared by the known procedure. Thus, commercial n-decanoic acid and sodium hydroxide were put in pure water and dissolved under heating at 60° C. to prepare sodium n-decanoate. Separately, an equivalent of silver nitrate was dissolved in pure water and the resulting solution was added to the above aqueous solution of sodium n-decanoate. The silver n-decanoate precipitating out was recovered with a suction filter and dried in a dryer.

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