title: Sodium Salts of Bis(1-dodecenylsuccinamic Acids): A Simple Route to Anionic Gemini Surfactants.
abstract: New anionic gemini surfactants with low CMC values (ca. 10(-4) mol dm(-3)) can be synthesized by a simple synthetic route using readily available reagents. The synthesis involves the reaction of a diamine with 2-dodecen-1-ylsuccinic anhydride to form a bis(1-dodecenylsuccinamic acid), which is neutralized to form the sodium salt. The product consists of a mixture of regioisomers, but the CMC values are consistent between samples. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
authors.affiliation: School of Applied & Molecular Sciences, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, United Kingdom
authors.forename: Leslie R.
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Dix