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HRID 485586Generated: October 30, 2026

Acetic Acid → Ninhydrin

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantAcetic AcidHCID 176—
Reactant1-ButanolHCID 263—
ReactantWaterHCID 962—
ReactantChloroformHCID 6212—
ReactantTriethylamineHCID 8471—
SolventMethanolHCID 887—
ProductNinhydrinHCID 102360.1%

Reaction Steps

The product gave a single spot with Rf =0.77 and Rf =0.42, respectively by silica gel thin layer chromatography (Developing solvent, n-butanol:acetic acid:water=4:2:2; and chloroform:methanol:triethylamine=40:2:1, Colour forming method: spraying of 0.1% ninhydrine, and heating).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04536395
Source datasetuspto-grants-1985_08
ORD IDord-8dc1c07e4d4845339145aee490c11f8e
Source noteuspto-grants-1985_08