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09887

Ammonium lauryl sulfate solution

~30% in H2O (T)

Synonym(s):

Ammonium dodecyl sulfate, Dodecyl sulfate ammonium salt

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)11OSO3NH4
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
283.43
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
5188379
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description

anionic

Quality Level

form

liquid

mol wt

283.43 g/mol

concentration

~30% in H2O (T)

color

Colorless to Very Light Yellow and Colorless to Very Light Green-Yellow

refractive index

n20/D 1.37

pH

6.8

solubility

water: soluble at 20 °C

density

1.02 g/mL at 20 °C

application(s)

cleaning products

storage temp.

15-25°C

SMILES string

N.CCCCCCCCCCCCOS(O)(=O)=O

InChI

1S/C12H26O4S.H3N/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-16-17(13,14)15;/h2-12H2,1H3,(H,13,14,15);1H3

InChI key

BTBJBAZGXNKLQC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Ammonium lauryl sulfate is an anionic surfactant consisting of a nonpolar hydrocarbon chain and a polar sulfate end group. It is used as a foaming agent, and as a detergent in many industrial applications.

Application

Ammonium lauryl sulfate can be used as:      
  • A catalyst in the synthesis of 1H-benzo[d]imidazole, quinoxaline, and 2,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[b][1,4]diazepine derivatives by reacting with benzene-1,2 diamine and aromatic aldehydes/1,2-diketones/ketones respectively.     
  • A corrosion inhibitor for carbon steel and copper in acidic solution.   
  • A surfactant in the fabrication of porous ceramics by gel casting.



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Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 3 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable



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Béla Kocsis et al.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 739, 89-99 (2011-05-14)
Endotoxins (lipopolysaccharides, LPSs) are components of the envelope of Gram-negative bacteria. These molecules, responsible for both advantageous and harmful biological activities of these microorganisms, are highly immunogenic and directly involved in numerous bacterial diseases in humans such as Gram-negative sepsis.
Yao-Qing Chen et al.
Fa yi xue za zhi, 27(4), 265-270 (2011-09-15)
To compare effects of three different methods for mtDNA extraction from common sarcosaphagous insects including cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) method, sodium dodecyl sulfate-potassium acetate (SDS-KAc) method and sodium dodecyl sulfate-proteinase K (SDS-PK) method. Seventy-two insects from four species [Chrysomya
Dusty B Brown et al.
Journal of bacteriology, 193(18), 4766-4778 (2011-07-19)
Rhizobium leguminosarum is a Gram-negative bacterium that forms nitrogen-fixing symbioses with compatible leguminous plants via intracellular invasion and establishes a persistent infection within host membrane-derived subcellular compartments. Notably, an unusual very-long-chain fatty acid (VLCFA) is found in the lipid A