Chemistry:Ammonium oleate

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Ammonium oleate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
EC Number
  • 208-873-1
Properties
C18H37NO2
Molar mass 299.499 g·mol−1
Appearance brown solid
Density 0.903 g/cm3[1]
Melting point 71 °C (decomposes)[2]
soluble
Hazards
GHS pictograms GHS07: Harmful
GHS Signal word Warning
H315, H319, H335
P261, P264, P271, P280, P302+352, P304+340, P305+351+338, P362, P403+233, P405, P501
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Ammonium oleate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula C
17
H
33
COONH
4
.[3][4][5] This is an organic ammonium salt of oleic acid.

Synthesis

Ammonium oleate is formed by the reaction between oleic acid and aqueous ammonia.[6]

Physical properties

Ammonium oleate emits toxic oxides of nitrogen when heated excessively. It is soluble in water.[7]

Uses

The compound is used in agriculture as a deer and rabbit repellent.[8][9]

References

  1. "Ammonium oleate 100.008.067 | Density". European Chemicals Agency. https://chem.echa.europa.eu/100.008.067/dossier-view/fe2f3f17-e546-4f18-869a-be2fa0175c39/IUC5-b647f42d-d7a7-4eee-9399-c336391e7ca3_71a26254-70d1-4658-be94-13c2591aff8f. 
  2. "CAS Common Chemistry | Ammonium oleate". Chemical Abstracts Service. https://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=544-60-5. 
  3. Staff, ChemADVISOR Inc (6 December 2012) (in en). Regulated Chemicals Directory 1994. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 126. ISBN 978-94-011-0689-4. https://www.google.ru/books/edition/Regulated_Chemicals_Directory_1994/-bSr4omC0zwC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Ammonium+oleate&pg=PA126&printsec=frontcover. Retrieved 9 March 2025. 
  4. (in en) Technical Paper. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1917. p. 20. https://books.google.com/books?id=MsVTcvRwHEcC&dq=ammonium+oleate&pg=RA13-PA20. Retrieved 6 March 2025. 
  5. (in en) American Druggist and Pharmaceutical Record. American Druggist Publishing Company. 1895. p. 271. https://books.google.com/books?id=aynnAAAAMAAJ&dq=ammonium+oleate&pg=PA271. Retrieved 6 March 2025. 
  6. Allen, Alfred Henry (1899) (in en). Commercial Organic Analysis: pt. II. Hydrocarbons, petroleum and coal-tar products, asphalt, phenols and creosotes. 3d ed. with revisions and additions by the author and Henry Leffmann. 1900. J. & A. Churchill. p. 267. https://www.google.ru/books/edition/Commercial_Organic_Analysis_pt_II_Hydroc/EAE4AQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Ammonium+oleate&pg=PA267&printsec=frontcover. Retrieved 9 March 2025. 
  7. "AMMONIUM OLEATE | CAMEO Chemicals | NOAA". cameochemicals.noaa.gov. https://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/chemical/8256. 
  8. Dunn, Kevin M. (2010) (in en). Scientific Soapmaking: The Chemistry of the Cold Process. Clavicula Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-935652-09-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=DL0d6AoATfwC&dq=ammonium+oleate+soluble&pg=PA182. Retrieved 6 March 2025. 
  9. "Pesticides - Fact Sheet for Soap Salts". United States Environmental Protection Agency. September 1992. EPA-738-F-92-013. https://www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_search/reg_actions/reregistration/fs_G-76_1-Sep-92.pdf. Retrieved 8 March 2025.