PROCESS FOR PREPARING FATTY ACID ZINC SALTS

摘要

A process for preparing fatty acid zinc salts comprising the steps of: stirring a slurry mixture comprising zinc oxide, at least one catalyst, and water at a temperature in the range of from about 55 °C to about 65 °C; adding at least one fatty acid in its liquid state to said stirred slurry mixture; and reacting the fatty acid with the zinc oxide in the presence of the catalyst in the water at a temperature of from about 60 °C to about 75 °C until substantially all of the fatty acid has reacted. The final product mixture can then be filtered and dried to give a fatty acid zinc salt in high yield.