Ultrasound accelerated esterification of palmitic acid with vitamin C

Bin Wen, Wumanjiang Eli, Qunji Xue, Xin Dong, Weimin Liu

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Abstract

The esterification of palmitic acid with vitamin C in the presence of concentrated sulfuric acid as the solvent and catalyst by means of 25 kHz ultrasonic irradiation to obtain l-ascorbyl 6-palmitate is studied. By using ultrasound the dissolution rate of the reactants can be accelerated greatly, the reaction time of esterification can be reduced from 36 to 2 h, and better yield (90-93%) of ester can be given by using 95% concentrated sulfuric acid as the solvent and catalyst, contrast to the yield of 75-85% by using 99% concentrated sulfuric acid without ultrasound. The influence of reaction conditions and ultrasonic parameters to the yield of ascorbyl palmitate are reported.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)213-218
Number of pages6
JournalUltrasonics Sonochemistry
Volume14
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Acceleration of reaction
  • Esterification
  • l-Ascorbyl 6-palmitate
  • Synthetic technology
  • Ultrasound

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