I am trying to figure out how much heat is absorbed/produced when sorbitol is mixed with water. Since the reaction is endothermic, so heat is consumed, but by how much?
I am not sure how to start this problem, but this is what I've got:
Sorbitol is C6H14O6 and Water is H2O, but I am not sure of the products, meaning I cannot figure out the heat of formation (?) the figure out how much energy is produced. Any clues?
Also I was just looking at
Sigma Adrich website where they sell Sorbitol (
link) and D-Sorbitol (
link). What is the difference? What does the "D" signify?
Last thing, could sorbitol react with anything and produce something harmful? I was looking at NH4Cl (endothermic) and NaOH (strong base) and it would produce ammonia - not the best combo, since I am also working with NaOH and some salts.