Silver stearate is a metal-organic compound with the chemical formula C
18
H
36
AgO
2
. The compound is classified as a metallic soap, i.e. a metal derivative of a fatty acid (stearic acid).[1][2][3]

Silver stearate
Names
Other names
silver octadecanoate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
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EC Number
  • 222-505-7
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C18H36O2.Ag/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18(19)20;/h2-17H2,1H3,(H,19,20);/q;+1/p-1
    Key: ORYURPRSXLUCSS-UHFFFAOYSA-M
  • CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)[O-].[Ag+]
Properties
C
18
H
36
AgO
2
Molar mass 392.3
Appearance white powder
Boiling point 359.4 °C (678.9 °F; 632.5 K)
insoluble
Hazards
GHS labelling:
Warning
H302, H312, H315, H319, H332, H335
Flash point 162.4 °C (324.3 °F; 435.5 K)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Synthesis edit

Silver stearate can be obtained by the reaction of sodium stearate and silver nitrate.

Also by the reaction of stearic acid and silver nitrate in presence of DBU.[4]

Physical properties edit

Silver stearate forms white powder.[5]

Silver stearate crystals are of triclinic crystal system; cell parameters a = 0.5431 nm, b = 4.871 nm, c = 0.4120 nm, α = 90.53°, β = 122.80°, γ = 90.12°, Z = 2.

The compound is insoluble in water, ethanol, diethyl ether.

References edit

  1. ^ Lin, Bin; Dong, Jingshan; Whitcomb, David R.; McCormick, Alon V.; Davis, H. Ted (1 October 2004). "Crystallization of Silver Stearate from Sodium Stearate Dispersions". Langmuir. 20 (21): 9069–9074. doi:10.1021/la048793g. PMID 15461488. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  2. ^ Nyam-Osor, M; Soloviov, D V; Kovalev, Yu S; Zhigunov, A; Rogachev, A V; Ivankov, O I; Erhan, R V; Kuklin, A I (30 March 2012). "Silver behenate and silver stearate powders for calibration of SAS instruments". Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 351 (1): 012024. Bibcode:2012JPhCS.351a2024N. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/351/1/012024. S2CID 137123053.
  3. ^ Diamond, Arthur S. (8 October 2018). Handbook of Imaging Materials. CRC Press. p. 515. ISBN 978-1-4822-7736-4. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  4. ^ Basel, Siddhant; Bhardwaj, Karishma; Pradhan, Sajan; Pariyar, Anand; Tamang, Sudarsan (31 March 2020). "DBU-Catalyzed One-Pot Synthesis of Nearly Any Metal Salt of Fatty Acid (M-FA): A Library of Metal Precursors to Semiconductor Nanocrystal Synthesis". ACS Omega. 5 (12): 6666–6675. doi:10.1021/acsomega.9b04448. PMC 7114616. PMID 32258902. S2CID 214989827.
  5. ^ "Silver stearate (CAS 3507-99-1) | Glentham Life Sciences". glentham.com. Retrieved 7 February 2023.