Answer to Question #15072 in Organic Chemistry for prajeesh pv

Question

how to get amines from oleic acid(fattyacid)....can we prepare amines from beef tallow from laboratory.

Answer 1

R-COOH + Ag+ -----> R-COOAg +H+
R-COOAg + Br2------->R-Br + CO2 +
AgBr
R-Br + NH3------>R-NH2 + HBr

Tallow consists mainly of
triglycerides (fat), whose major constituents are derived from stearic and oleic
acids.

R-COO-R1 --(H+)--->RCOOH +........
and the same procedure
with Ag+ ......