Syntheses of long-chain quaternary ammonium salts from fatty alcohols by microwave irradiation

YL Jiang, YQ Hu, J Pang, YC Yuan

Index: Jiang; Hu; Pang; Yuan JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 1996 , vol. 73, # 7 p. 847 - 850

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Abstract

Abstract The phase-transfer catalysts, long-chain quaternary ammonium salts, were rapidly synthesized from fatty alcohols by the reactions with hydrogen halides in the presence of trialkyl amines under microwave irradiation. The catalysts could be widely applied in a variety of quick and new organic reactions, whether by conventional heating or under microwave irradiation. The reaction efficiencies under microwave irradiation were higher ...