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HRID 441481Generated: October 25, 2026

Trimethylamine → trimethyl-N-2-hydroxypropyl ammonium isodecanoate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantTrimethylamineHCID 1146—
ReactantPropylene OxideHCID 6378—
Reactant8-Methylnonanoic acidHCID 111470—
Producttrimethyl-N-2-hydroxypropyl ammonium isodecanoateHCID 86734985—

Reaction Steps

Following the procedure set out in Example 7 above, isodecanoic acid was reacted with equal molar quantities each of trimethylamine and propylene oxide to obtain trimethyl-N-2-hydroxypropyl ammonium isodecanoate which structure was confirmed by NMR analysis as reported in Table 2. ##STR5##

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04040992
Source datasetuspto-grants-1977_08
ORD IDord-49a335560cff4b7b841ab4177db086ad
Source noteuspto-grants-1977_08