OCTANOIC ACID, SODIUM SALT

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION
CAS NO. 1984-06-1

OCTANOIC ACID, SODIUM SALT
EINECS NO. 217-850-5
FORMULA CH3(CH2)6COO·Na
MOL WT. 166.20
H.S. CODE  

TOXICITY

  
SYNONYMS Sodium n-octanoate; Natriumoctanoat (German); Sodium Octanoate;
Octanoato de sodio (Spanish); Octanoate de sodium (French);

SMILES

 

CLASSIFICATION

 

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL STATE

off-white powder
MELTING POINT

 
BOILING POINT  
SPECIFIC GRAVITY  
SOLUBILITY IN WATER soluble
pH 10 - 11
VAPOR DENSITY  
AUTOIGNITION

 
NFPA RATINGS Health: 2; Flammability: 0; Reactivity: 0

REFRACTIVE INDEX

  
FLASH POINT  
STABILITY Stable under ordinary conditions.

APPLICATIONS
Metallic salts of fatty acids (called soap) are primarily used as cleansing agent (mainly sodium- and potassium-) which their molecules attach readily to both polar molecules (of water) and non-polar molecules (of grease or oil). The long hydrocarbon chains are non-polar (and hydrophobic) repelled by water and the salt end molecules are ionic (and hydrophilic) water soluble. Soaps differ according to the type of fatty acid and length of the carbon chain and according to the alkali employed. Fatty acids with longer chains are insoluble. If sodium hydroxide is used as the alkali, hard soaps are formed; potassium hydroxide yields soft soaps. Soap salts are used as insecticides, herbicides, fungicides and algaecides. The lipophilic carbon chains infiltrate and destroy the lipoprotein matrix of the insect's cell membranes. Food grade soap salts are used also as  general purpose food additives. Aluminum, calcium, magnesium, lead, zinc or other metals are used in place of sodium or potassium for soaps to be used in industry. Metallic salts of fatty acids are used as stabilizer and plasticizer in plastic industry as well as in cosmetics. They are used as flatting and sanding agents in lacquers, coatings & inks. They can be applied in tablet manufacturing. They are used as drying lubricants and dusting agents for rubbers. They are used as catalysts in chemical synthesis and emulsifiers for emulsion polymerization of synthetic rubber and resin which can be approved for use in food contact applications. They are used as waterproofing additives and ointments. 

SALES SPECIFICATION

APPEARANCE

off-white

PURITY

 97.5% min (on dry basis)
MOISTURE

5.0% max
TRANSPORTATION
PACKING 25kgs, 1mt in bag in bag
HAZARD CLASS Not regulated
UN NO.  

OTHER INFORMATION
Hazard Symbols: XI, Risk Phrases: 36/38, Safety Phrases: 26-37/39
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
Carboxylic acid is an organic compound formed from an alkyl group bonded to a carboxyl group, -COOH, (a carbon atom is bonded to an oxygen atom by a solid bond and to a hydroxyl group by a single bond). Examples are shown in table. In substitutive nomenclature, their names are formed by adding -oic acid' as the suffix to the name of the parent compound. They can yield two kinds of salts, as they contain two carboxyl groups in its molecules. Long-chain carboxylic acids are called fatty acids occuring as esters in fats and oils in nature. Carboxylic acids are used as solvents and as parent materials to prepare many chemical compounds.

ALIPHATIC CARBOXYLIC ACIDS

COMMON NAME

SYSTEMATIC NAME

CAS RN

FORMULA

MELTING POINT

Formic Acid

 Methanoic acid 64-18-6

HCOOH

 8.5 C
Acetic Acid Ethanoic acid 64-19-7 CH3COOH

16.5 C

Carboxyethane Propionic Acid 79-09-4 CH3CH2COOH

-21.5 C

Butyric Acid n-Butanoic acid 107-92-6 CH3(CH2)2COOH

-8 C

Valeric Acid n-Pentanoic Acid 109-52-4 CH3(CH2)3COOH

-19 C

Caproic Acid n-Hexanoic Acid 142-62-1 CH3(CH2)4COOH

-3 C

Enanthoic Acid n-Heptanoic acid 111-14-8 CH3(CH2)5COOH

-10.5 C

Caprylic Acid n-Octanoic Acid 124-07-2 CH3(CH2)6COOH

16 C

alpha-Ethylcaproic Acid 2-Ethylhexanoic Acid 149-57-5 CH3(CH2)3CH(C2H5)COOH

-59 C

Valproic Acid 2-Propylpentanoic Acid 99-66-1 (CH3CH2CH2)2CHCOOH

120 C

Pelargonic Acid n-Nonanoic Acid 112-05-0 CH3(CH2)7COOH

48 C

Capric Acid n-Decanoic Acid 334-48-5 CH3(CH2)8COOH

31 C

Caproic acid, Caprylic  acid, and Capric acid containing the 6-, 8-, and 10-carbon acids respectively are a member of the series of fatty acids found in oils and animal fats. The names of Caproic, Caprylic, and Capric acids are all derived from the word caper (Latin: 'goat'). These are colorless light yellowish transparent oily liquids with unconfortable smells. These are  used in organic synthesis, manufacture of perfume, medicine, lubricating grease, rubber and dye.