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Vege. Oil - Glyceryl Stearate soap- Na- stearate
[Having three ester groups]

 Synthetic Detergent (detergent)-
Detergents are the sodium salts of a long chain benzene sulphonic acid or a long
chain alkyl hydrogen sulphate.
Most of the detergents have C 8 to C 12 hydrocarbon chains (a non-polar group) and a
-
+
polar group (SO 3/SO 4) Na .

Example of soap molecules- Example of detergents-

1. Na-Stearate- 1. Sodium n-dodecyl sulphate or sodium

C H COONa lauryl sulphate.
17 35
2. Na-Palmitate- 2. Sodium n-dodecyl benzene sulphonate.
C H COONa
15 31
3. Na-Oleate-
C H COONa
17 33

Structural formulae of synthetic detergent-

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