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Microwave‐assisted facile and convenient synthesis of fatty acid amide (erucamide): Chemical‐catalyzed rapid method
Author(s) -
Awasthi Neeraj Praphulla,
Singh Rajinder Pal
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
european journal of lipid science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.614
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1438-9312
pISSN - 1438-7697
DOI - 10.1002/ejlt.200800186
Subject(s) - catalysis , erucic acid , yield (engineering) , ammonia , chemistry , urea , microwave irradiation , amide , organic chemistry , atmospheric pressure , fatty acid , materials science , oceanography , metallurgy , geology
Abstract The present investigation explores a process for the production of erucamide, utilizing microwave irradiation as the heating element for the reaction between erucic acid and gaseous ammonia liberated by urea in the presence of catalyst (di‐ammonium hydrogen ortho ‐phosphate) at atmospheric pressure and high temperature. In this process, the time of reaction is very short (25 min) and the yield is also good (92%).