Answer to Question #71808 in Organic Chemistry for Kim

Question #71808
Which oleamide and erucamide crystallize faster?
I think that erucamide has a faster crystallization rate than oleamide because erucamide has higher purity than oleamide and has long chain compared to erucamide. please send me the report or impormation related to the my question, if you have them.
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2017-12-12T12:06:06-0500
Oleamide crystallizes faster.
They both have similar structure, but oleamide has shorter chain and therefore less degrees of freedom. Also, oleamide has more polarity and mobility of molecules and this increases the rate of crystallization.

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