Organic acids industrial applications

Wood fibres are produced in the form of chips, which is usually a waste material in the wood industry. Wood chips mixed with cement paste have been used since the 1920s for the production of sheets applied for thermal insulation in housing. The chips are subjected to chemical pre-treatment to avoid any disturbance of cement hydration by organic acids. The application of wood-origin fibres as a reinforcement for minor structural elements has been developing at a local level. 

Homogeneous catalysis by lin compounds is also of great indusirial importance. The use of SnCU as a Friedel-Crafts catalyst for homogeneous acylation, alkylation and cyclizaiion reactions has been known for many decades. The most commonly used industrial homogeneous tin catalysis, however, are the Sn(ll) salts of organic acids (e.g. acetate, oxalate, oleale, stearate and ocToate) for the curing of silicone elasloniers and, more importantly, for the production of polyurethane foams. World consumption of tin catalysts for the.se Iasi applications alone is over 1000 tonnes pa. 

In the wine industry, FTIR has become a useful technique for rapid analysis of industrial-grade glycerol adulteration, polymeric mannose, organic acids, and varietal authenticity. Urbano Cuadrado et al. (2005) studied the applicability of spectroscopic techniques in the near- and mid-infrared frequencies to determine multiple wine parameters alcoholic degree, volumic mass, total acidity, total polyphenol index, glycerol, and total sulfur dioxide in a much more efficient approach than standard and reference methods in terms of time, reagent, and operation errors. 

In this paper, we focus on synthesis and application of esters of bio-based organic acids. Organic acid esters are used or have potential for use in many industrial and consumer applications including solvents, paint strippers, surfactants, fragrances, and fuel stabilizers2. The chemicals used in these... 

Different organic acids, primarily lactic acid, have been successfully used for decontamination of whole livestock carcasses, and the application of different organic acids used for decontamination has also been tested in the fruit and vegetable industry. Organic acids other than lactic acid that are known to have bactericidal effects are acetic, benzoic, citric, malic, propanoic, sorbic, succinic and tartaric acids (Betts and Everis 2005). The antimicrobial action is due to a reduction in the pH in the bacterial environment, disruption of membrane transport, anion accumulation or a reduction in the internal pH in the cell (Busta et al., 2001). Many fruits contain naturally occurring organic acids. Nevertheless, some strains, for example E. coli 0157, are adapted to an acidic environment. Its survival, in combination with its low infective dose, makes it a health hazard for humans. 

By far the highest industrial potential for a fructose-based compound is to be attributed to HMF, which has been termed a key substance between carbohydrate chemistry and mineral-oil-based industrial organic chemistry. Like the bulk-scale commodities hexamethylenediamine and adipic acid, HMF represents a six-carbon compound with broad industrial application profiles. It is readily accessible from fructose or inulin hydrolysates by acid-induced elimination of three... 

Calcium sulfate is formed as a byproduct in industrial processes such as flue gas desulfurization and the production of zinc, fluoride, organic acids and phosphoric acid, in amounts of many million tons per year. In this study the attention is focussed on calcium sulfate from the production of phosphoric acid for fertilizer applications. It is precipitated, from solution after digestion of phosphate ore by addition of sulfuric acid according to [1] ... 

Compoimds of the elements are also presented in similar format. This includes CAS Registry Numbers, formulas, molecular weights and the hydrates they form (if any). This is followed by occurrence (for naturally occurring compounds) and industrial applications. The section on Physical Properties covers the color, crystal structure, density, melting and boiling points and solubihties of the compounds in water, acids, alkalies and organic solvents. 

The P-H bond is also weak enough to serve in thione-based radical chemistry. The first success was achieved with dialkyl phosphites [40a]. However, hypophosphorous acid and its salts proved to be even better [40b]. In a final paper [40c], the various phosphorus-based reagents were compared. The crystalline salt N-ethylpiperidine hypophosphite was very convenient and has been commercialized 140c]. The use of hypophosphorous acid has the advantages of nontoxicity, cheapness, and ease of removal from the organic reduction products. It already has several industrial applications. 

Arylation, olefins, 187, 190 Arylketimines, iridium hydrogenation, 83 Arylpropanoic acid, Grignard coupling, 190 Aspartame, 8, 27 Asymmetric catalysis characteristics, 11 chiral metal complexes, 122 covalently bound intermediates, 323 electrochemistry, 342 hydrogen-bonded associates, 328 industrial applications, 8, 357 optically active compounds, 2 phase-transfer reactions, 333 photochemistry, 341 polymerization, 174, 332 purely organic compounds, 323 see also specific complexes Asymmetric induction, 71, 155 Attractive interaction, 196, 216 Autoinduction, 330 Axial chirality, 18 Aza-Diels-Alder reaction, 220 Azetidinone, 44, 80 Aziridination, olefins, 207... 

Main-group metal alkyls and aryls are valuable tools in preparative organic and inorganic chemistry, and many industrial applications are known for these reactive substances. In addition, they have attracted considerable attention from a more fundamental and theoretical point of view, because the high Lewis acidity at the metal center is the source of singular structures and bonding (1-3). 

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