Pembuatan Ester Metil Sulfonat dari Ester Metil Palm Stearin

Abstract

Sulfonated methyl ester are known well as vegetable oil derived surfactants thatpredictly, will subtitude fossil oil derived surfactants. This study was aimed tosulfonate methyl ester of palm stearin at temperature range 80-110 0C. Sulfonationwas carried out isothermally in a closed batch reactor at atmospheric pressure withNa2S2O5 as sulfonation agent at 80, 100 and 110 0C for 5 hours. After the sulfona-tion was accomplished, samples of reaction mixture was analysed quantitatively b yinfra red spectrophotometer. The spectrum patterns of sulfonated methyl esters aresimilar. Sulphonated spectrum at 80 ° C show that sulfonated methyl ester is betterthan sulfonated methyl ester at a temperature of 100 and 1100C.