Acetilclorhídrico

English translation: acetyl chloride

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Spanish term or phrase:Acetilclorhídrico
English translation:acetyl chloride
Entered by: Charles Davis

15:41 Apr 17, 2019
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Science - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng / Reagent used to evaluate fatty acids
Spanish term or phrase: Acetilclorhídrico
This is a reagent listed in a table of reagents used to evaluate fatty acid content of a nutraceutical product. Benzenemethanol is another reagent in this list. Is acetilclorhídrico a misspelling of ácido clorhídrico (hydrochloric acid)? Or is hydrochloric acetyl really a thing? I'm not finding any convincing leads.
Paul Froese
United States
Local time: 04:00
acetyl chloride
Explanation:
I'm not chemist, but I think this is a misnomer for "cloruro de acetilo", CH3COCl, i.e. acetyl chloride.

Just about the only references I can find to "acetilclorhídrico" refer to the pioneering synthesis of acetylsalicylic acid by Charles-Frédéric Gerhardt in 1853. The following is from a Madrid doctoral thesis in Medicine:

"En 1853, el químico francés Charles Frederic Gerhardt neutralizó el ácido salicílico con sodio y acetilclorhídrico formando ácido acetilsalicílico"
https://eprints.ucm.es/32738/1/T36246.pdf (pp. 28-29)

Compare:

"In 1853, chemist Charles Frédéric Gerhardt treated acetyl chloride with sodium salicylate to produce acetylsalicylic acid for the first time"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aspirin

Acetyl chloride fits the bill because it's used for fatty acid analysis:

"Acetyl chloride has been used in the Lepage and Roy fatty acids analysis, and robotic fatty acid analysis."
https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/sial/114189?lan...

http://commonorganicchemistry.com/Common_Reagents/Acetyl_Chl...
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Charles Davis
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4 +3acetyl chloride
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acetyl chloride


Explanation:
I'm not chemist, but I think this is a misnomer for "cloruro de acetilo", CH3COCl, i.e. acetyl chloride.

Just about the only references I can find to "acetilclorhídrico" refer to the pioneering synthesis of acetylsalicylic acid by Charles-Frédéric Gerhardt in 1853. The following is from a Madrid doctoral thesis in Medicine:

"En 1853, el químico francés Charles Frederic Gerhardt neutralizó el ácido salicílico con sodio y acetilclorhídrico formando ácido acetilsalicílico"
https://eprints.ucm.es/32738/1/T36246.pdf (pp. 28-29)

Compare:

"In 1853, chemist Charles Frédéric Gerhardt treated acetyl chloride with sodium salicylate to produce acetylsalicylic acid for the first time"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aspirin

Acetyl chloride fits the bill because it's used for fatty acid analysis:

"Acetyl chloride has been used in the Lepage and Roy fatty acids analysis, and robotic fatty acid analysis."
https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/sial/114189?lan...

http://commonorganicchemistry.com/Common_Reagents/Acetyl_Chl...

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 13:00
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Asker: Thanks for your ready help with this, Charles. Acetyl chloride seems to fit the context.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helena Chavarria: I've read the Spanish and English Wikipedia entries but don't have time to check whether acetyl chloride is right, though I'm sure it is!
16 mins
  -> Thanks, Helena :-) Your confidence is very gratifying!

agree  neilmac: "Does not meet criteria" - arf arf, that'll be the day :-)
1 day 34 mins
  -> LOL! Thanks a lot, Neil ;-)

agree  Leda Roche: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/acetyl_chloride
2 days 22 hrs
  -> That's it! Thanks, Leda :-)
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