A method for the determination of the carbon chain length composition of amine oxides.
Synopsis Alkylamine oxides and alkylamidopropyldimethylamine oxides belong to an important group of surfactant materials. They are used extensively in formulations for cosmetics, toiletries and household products. Although there are numerous analytical methods available to evaluate physical and chemical properties of these compounds, there remains a demand for a qualitative method for the determination of the carbon chain length composition. Amine oxides cannot be analysed directly by gas liquid chromatography (GLC) as they decompose at temperatures above 100 degrees C to give the terminal alkenes and tertiary amines. However, amine oxides can be analysed by GLC if they are first reduced to the tertiary amines. Examples of each type of amine oxide were reduced with triphenylphosphine in boiling glacial acetic acid between 1 and 1.5 h. In this paper a rapid qualitative analytical procedure is described.
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