Ethyl -lactate

Ethyl lactate is a colorless and olmost odorless liquid, which, upon evaporotion, will sometimes develop a disagreeable odor. This is owing to the iactides, or inner anhydrides, contained in the lactic acid mode by fermentation. It is miscible with water, alcohols, ketones, esters, hydrocarbons and oils. Ethyl lactate will dissolve cellulose acetate ond nitrate ond many of the ethers of Cellulose. It is also a solvent for basic dyes, alkyd resins, kauri, manila, pontionac, rosin, shellac and vinyl resins. Ethyl lactate has high solvent power and equally high tolerance far nonsolvents and diluents. These exceptional properties are accounted for by the existence of both an alcohol and an ester group in its molecule. 

Evaporation rate at 95 F Per cent Minutes Flash point Viscosity 

Miscible without turbidity with 30 vols 60 gasoline at 20 C 0.005 g/100 cc, max Mild, non-residual 96% min 

Actylol Acytol ethyl a-hydroxypropionate ethyl-2-hydroxy-propanoate ethyl-2-hydroxypropionate ethyl-S-(-)-2-hydr-oxypropionate 2-hydroxypropanoic acid ethyl ester lactic acid ethyl ester propanoic acid 2-hydroxy-ethyl ester Purasolv EL Solactol. 

Film-former flavoring agent solvent or co-solvent in liquid formulations. 

Ethyl lactate is used as a solvent or co-solvent in liquid formulations and recently as a co-solvent in emulsions and microemulsion technologies. It has also been used as a solvent for nitrocellulose, cellulose acetate, cellulose ethers, polyvinyl and other resins. It has been applied topically in the treatment of acne vulgaris,where it accumulates in the sebaceous glands and is hydrolyzed to ethanol and lactic acid, lowering the skin pH and exerting a bactericidal effect. 

Ethyl lactate occurs as a clear colorless liquid with a sharp characteristic odor. 

Solubility miscible with water (with partial decomposition), ethanol (95%), ether, chloroform, ketones, esters, and hydrocarbons. 

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M-Butyl formate. Ethyl iso-butyrate IsO -butyl acetate Ethyl butyrate -Propyl propionate Iso-amyl formate, -But> l acetate Iso-propyl butyrate Iso-butyl propionate n-Propyl -butyrate -Butyl propionate Iso-butyl isobutyrate Ethyl lactate Iso-butyl butyrate Cycloheicyl formate -Butyl -butyrate Iso-propyl lactate. Cyclohexyl acetate Diethyl oxalate Di-iao-propyl oxalate... 

Successful results have been obtained (Renfrew and Chaney, 1946) with ethyl formate methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, iso-propyl, n-butyl, iso-butyl, sec.-butyl and iso-amyl acetat ethyleneglycol diacetate ethyl monochloro- and trichloro-acetates methyl, n-propyl, n-octyl and n-dodecyl propionates ethyl butyrate n-butyl and n-amyl valerates ethyl laurate ethyl lactate ethyl acetoacetate diethyl carbonate dimethyl and diethyl oxalates diethyl malonate diethyl adipate di-n-butyl tartrate ethyl phenylacetate methyl and ethyl benzoates methyl and ethyl salicylates diethyl and di-n-butyl phthalates. The method fails for vinyl acetate, ieri.-butyl acetate, n-octadecyl propionate, ethyl and >i-butyl stearate, phenyl, benzyl- and guaicol-acetate, methyl and ethyl cinnamate, diethyl sulphate and ethyl p-aminobenzoate. 

Reaction of a metal lactate (such as silver lactate) with an alkyl haUde is a classic method of preparation of the ester, but it is too expensive to be of commercial relevance. Lactamide [2043-43-8] is another high yielding condensation product from lactic acid. It can be produced by aminolysis of dilactide or lactate ester such as methyl or ethyl lactate. 

Lactic acid is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for multipurpose food use. Lactate salts such as calcium and sodium lactates and esters such as ethyl lactate used in pharmaceutical preparations are also considered safe and nontoxic (7). The U.S. Food and Dmg Administration fists lactic acid (all isomers) as GRAS and sets no limitations on its use in food other than current good manufacturing practice (46). 

The physical properties of finish removers vary considerably due to the diverse uses and requirements of the removers. Finish removers can be grouped by the principal ingredient of the formula, method of appHcation, method of removal, chemical base, viscosity, or hazardous classification. Except for method of apphcation, a paint remover formulation usually has one aspect of each group, by which it can be used for one or more appHcations. A Hst of the most common organic solvents used in finish removers has been compiled (3). Many are mentioned throughout this article others include ethyl lactate [97-64-3] propylene carbonate [108-32-7] furfural alcohol [98-01-1/, dimethyl formamide [68-12-2] tetrahydrofuran [109-99-9] methyl amyl ketone [110-43-0] dipropylene glycol methyl ether [34590-94-8] and Exxate 600, a trade name of Exxon Chemicals. 

Solubility. One of PVP s more outstanding attributes is its solubility in both water and a variety of organic solvents. PVP is soluble in alcohols, acids, ethyl lactate, chlorinated hydrocarbons, amines, glycols, lactams, and nitroparaffins. SolubiUty means a minimum of 10 wt % PVP dissolves at room temperature (moisture content of PVP can influence solubiUty). PVP is insoluble in hydrocarbons, ethers, ethyl acetate, j -butyl-4-acetate, 2-butanone, acetone, cyclohexanone, and chlorobenzene. Both solvent polarity and H-bonding strongly influence solubiUty (77). 

Acetaldehyde Cyanohydrin. This cyanohydrin, commonly known as lactonitnle, is soluble in water and alcohol, but insoluble in diethyl ether and carbon disulfide. Lactonitnle is used chiefly to manufacture lactic acid and its derivatives, primarily ethyl lactate. Lactonitnle [78-97-7] is manufactured from equimolar amounts of acetaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide containing 1.5% of 20% NaOH at —10 20 ° C. The product is stabili2ed with sulfuric acid (28). Sulfuric acid hydroly2es the nitrile to give a mixture of lactic acid [598-82-3] and ammonium bisulfate. 

Medium Boiling Esters. Esterificatioa of ethyl and propyl alcohols, ethylene glycol, and glycerol with various acids, eg, chloro- or bromoacetic, or pymvic, by the use of a third component such as bensene, toluene, hexane, cyclohexane, or carbon tetrachloride to remove the water produced is quite common. Bensene has been used as a co-solvent ia the preparatioa of methyl pymvate from pymvic acid (101). The preparatioa of ethyl lactate is described as an example of the general procedure (102). A mixture of 1 mol 80% lactic acid and 2.3 mol 95% ethyl alcohol is added to a volume of benzene equal to half that of the alcohol (ca 43 mL), and the resulting mixture is refluxed for several hours. When distilled, the overhead condensate separates iato layers. The lower layer is extracted to recover the benzene and alcohol, and the water is discarded. The upper layer is returned to the column for reflux. After all the water is removed from the reaction mixture, the excess of alcohol and benzene is removed by distillation, and the ester is fractionated to isolate the pure ester. 

Some alcohols that have been converted into the corresponding fluorides by reactions with diethyldminosulfur trifluoride include 1-octanol, 2-methyl-2-butanol, isobutyl alcohol, cyclooctanol, ethylene glycol, crotyl alcohol, 2-phenylethanol, 2-bromoethanol, ethyl lactate, and ethyl a-hydrox3maphthaleneacetate. ... 

Butyl stearate Ethyl lactate Butyl lactate... 

The crystal structure of the adduct of titanium tetrachloride and the ester formed from ethyl 2-hydroxypropanoate (ethyl lactate) and acrylic acid has been solved. It is a chelated structure with the oxygen donor atoms being incorporated into the titanium coordination sphere along with the four chloride anions. 

One of the standard methods for construction of the basic heterocyclic ring was elaborated not long after the turn of the century. Thus, condensation of ethyl lactate with guanidine leads to the imine of the desired ring system (47), possibly by a reaction scheme such as that outlined below. Hydrolysis affords the oxazolidinedione (48). Methylation in the presence of base gives 49. 

The enantiomerically pure vinylic organolithium reagent 8 is prepared from (A )-ethyl lactate in four steps. Subsequent addition of A-mesitylsulfonylimines 7 (they provide better diastereo-selectivilies than the corresponding jV-Losylimines) at — 110°C in tetrahydrofuran affords the adducts 9a and 9b in moderate yields (20-63%) but high diaslereoselectivities (d.r. 96 4 — 98 2)l0. 

A. (S)-Ethyl 2-(t-Butyldimethylsilyloxy)propanoate (1). A 2-L, two-necked, round-bottomed flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer and inert gas inlet (Note 1) is charged with (S)-ethyl lactate (118 g, 1.0 mol), 500 mL of dimethylformamide (DMF), and imidazole (102 g, 1.5 mol) (Note 2). The solution is cooled in a ice bath and te/ t-butyldimethy 1 si 1 y 1 chloride (TBDMSC1) (150 g, 1.0 mol) is added in three 50-g portions, at intervals of 30 min between each addition. After the addition of the third portion, a white precipitate forms. The ice bath allowed to melt gradually overnight. After 18 hr, the reaction mixture is diluted with 300 mL of water and 500 mL of hexanes. The aqueous phase is separated and extracted with 300 mL of hexanes, and the combined hexane extracts are washed with three 50-mL portions of saturated brine, dried over MgS04, filtered, and concentrated by rotary evaporation to afford 240 g (103%) of the TBDMS ether as a colorless liquid. The product is distilled under vacuum (bp 70-78°C, 0.5 mm bath temperature 95-105°C) (Note 3) to afford 222 g (96%) of ester 1 as a colorless liquid (Notes 4, 5). 

Ethyl ethynyl ether, see Ethoxyacetylene Ethyl formate 2-Ethyl hexanol Ethyl lactate... 

The material balance was calculated for EtPy, ethyl lactates (EtLa) and CD by solving the set of differential equation derived form the reaction scheme Adam s method was used for the solution of the set of differential equations. The rate constants for the hydrogenation reactions are of pseudo first order. Their value depends on the intrinsic rate constant of the catalytic reaction, the hydrogen pressure, and the adsorption equilibrium constants of all components involved in the hydrogenation. It was assumed that the hydrogen pressure is constant during... 

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