Abstract:

The dissocn. const. of stearic acid dimer was detd. in four different solvents, using a Fourier transform IR technique. The $Δ$H obtained for each solvent decrease as the solvation of stearic acid increases. The results are relevant to the crystn. process of stearic acid from soln. which may lead to different polymorphic forms depending on the different crystn. parameters. [on SciFinder(R)]