• Name

  ZINC LAURATE

• EINECS 219-518-5
• CAS No. 2452-01-9
• Article Data9
• CAS DataBase
• Density 1.09 g/cm3
• Solubility 0.01g/100mL H2O (15°C), 0.019g/100mL H2O (100°C) [CRC10]
• Melting Point 128°C
• Formula C₂₄H₄₆O₄Zn
• Boiling Point 296.1 °C at 760 mmHg
• Molecular Weight 464.017
• Flash Point 134.1 °C
• Transport Information
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• Molecular Structure
• Hazard Symbols
• Synonyms Dodecanoicacid, zinc salt (9CI);Lauric acid, zinc salt (8CI);Zinc laurate (7CI);LZ-P;Z 12;Z 12 (salt);Zinc bis(dodecanoate);Zinc dilaurate;Zinc dodecanoate;
• PSA 52.60000
• LogP 7.82710

Synthetic route

143-07-7

lauric acid

zinc(II) oxide

2452-01-9

zinc(II) dodecanoate

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In ethanol prepn. by refluxing ZnO with excess of carboxylic acid in EtOH for about2 h; cooled; ppt. filtered off; washed (EtOH) repeatedly; collected; kept over silica gel in vac. desiccator; elem. anal.;	85%
With dihydrogen peroxide In water at 135℃; for 1.5h;

143-07-7

lauric acid

2452-01-9

zinc(II) dodecanoate

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
With H2O2; electrogalvanized steel In water Kinetics; carboxylation in bath of water/3-methoxy-3-methyl-1-butanol (50:50 v/v) at 45 °C in presence of H2O2; detd. by XRD;
With zinc diacetate In ethanol

10196-18-6

zinc(II) nitrate

629-25-4

Sodium laurate

2452-01-9

zinc(II) dodecanoate

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In ethanol; water water-alcoholic solns. of Zn(NO3)2 and Na laurate combined; according toA. A. Sanchez, M. V. Garcia, M. I. Redondo, J. A. R. Cheda, Liq. Cryst. , 1995, 18, 431 and I. Konkoly-Thege, I. Ruff, S. O. Adeosun, S. J. Sime, Thermochim. Acta, 1978, 24, 1, 89; recrystd. from hot toluene; vac. dried at 80°C for 48 h;

629-25-4

Sodium laurate

7646-85-7

zinc(II) chloride

2452-01-9

zinc(II) dodecanoate

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In ethanol; water stoich. amt. of aq. soln. of ZnCl2 added to alcoholic soln. of org. compd.; ppt. filtered and washed with EtOH and water, characterized by powder XRD patterns;

143-07-7

lauric acid

zinc(II) hydroxide

2452-01-9

zinc(II) dodecanoate

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In octane byproducts: H2O; Zn(OH)2 refluxed with 50% excess of C12H23OOH in octane; cooled slow, filtered off, washed with octane, elem. anal.;

143-07-7

lauric acid

7646-85-7

zinc(II) chloride

2452-01-9

zinc(II) dodecanoate

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
With sodium hydroxide at 40℃;

zinc diacrylate

2452-01-9

zinc(II) dodecanoate

zinc(II) oxide

4Zn(2+)*O(2-)*5.5C3H3O2(1-)*0.5C12H23O2(1-)

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In chloroform at 64℃; for 3h; Inert atmosphere;	98%

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2452-01-9

zinc(II) dodecanoate

4Zn(2+)*O(2-)*6C12H23O2(1-) = Zn4O(C12H23O2)6

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
With water In octane byproducts: (C12H23COOH)2; H2O added to a hot soln. of Zn-compd.; detected by IR;

2452-01-9

zinc(II) dodecanoate

7440-66-6

zinc

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
With CH3(CH2)13N(CH3)2O or CH3(CH2)15N(CH3)2O In water Electrolysis; electrochem. deposition Zn nanoparticles on In-doped tin oxide at 70 °C;

557-20-0

diethylzinc

2452-01-9

zinc(II) dodecanoate

1191422-23-7

[Zn5(dodecanoato)6(Et)4]

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In benzene-d6 (N2); a soln. of Zn(C2H5)2 dild. with benzene-d6, added to Zn salt, equilibrated for 16 h, warmed gently; not isolated, detected by NMR;

Dodecanoic acid, zincsalt (2:1) Specification