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Offline tanyaRaikova

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esters-saponification
« on: March 31, 2007, 10:00:42 AM »
Is it possible to liberate soaps from esters by electrical current?

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Re: esters-saponification
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2007, 05:27:01 AM »
If by "soaps" you mean alkali salts of fatty acids as product of electrohydrolysis process then you should note the further Kolbe electrolysis of carboxylic acid salt to the corresponding alkane:
2RCOO:-Na + ---> R-R + 2CO2  + 2NaOH + H2
But i dont know how this method works with long chain fatty acids for example with stearic salt the product should be C32 alkane...
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