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  • Any one heard a bout this chemical

    Posted by Chemist_Ahmed on January 26, 2022 at 1:43 pm

    Some one say he make a new chemical from mixing alkyl benzene with other chemical and obtain this chemical called 
    Disodium dodecyl sulphate 
    My question is 
    Is this true ? 
    Is this can be done without any reactors?
    Just by mixing 
    Can we find chemical like this ? 
    Please anyone know the answer just reply 
    Thanks in advance ☺ 

    ozgirl replied 2 years, 10 months ago 5 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Chemist_Ahmed

    Member
    January 26, 2022 at 1:55 pm

    Any one know any answer

  • OldPerry

    Member
    January 26, 2022 at 8:03 pm

    I think the no answer means no one has heard of it. Perhaps you’re thinking of disodium lauryl sulfosuccinate?

    but no you couldn’t make the molecule just by mixing benzene without a reactor 

  • PhilGeis

    Member
    January 26, 2022 at 10:22 pm

    Name is not consistent with structure. Structure appears to be didodecyl benzene disulfonate sodium salt and I doubt it would be a simple product of combination.
    There is an anionic surfactant dodecyl benzene sulfonate sodium salt used as a commercial detergent - OSHA hazardous and a substantial irritant you’d not use in cosmetics. https://www.fishersci.com/store/msds?partNumber=AC325910050&productDescription=DODECYLBENZENESULFONIC+A+5KG&vendorId=VN00032119&countryCode=US&language=en

    Think the one you questioned would be worse.

  • ketchito

    Member
    January 27, 2022 at 2:30 am

    @Chemist_Ahmed I believe someone was just doodling with Chemdraw (or some similar software). There are few errors though: sulfur in the upper part is missplaced, and there’s an additional oxygen attached to the lower sulfur (sulfur can take up to 12 electrons, not 14). 

    Besides that, I hardly see any real use for that molecule as a surfactant (the extra alkyl chain and extra sulfonate would make packing harder).

  • ozgirl

    Member
    January 27, 2022 at 4:32 am

    One of the the Sulfur atoms in the structure has too many bonds. There are also 23 extra Hydrogens in molecular formula. Something strange is going on.

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