Ammonium benzoate, a white powder-like substance, is the ammonium salt of benzoic acid.[1] This compound is prepared by the reaction of benzoic acid and ammonia.

Reactions

Ammonium benzoate can be dehydrated to form benzamide.

References

  1. ^ Yang, Wei-Wei; Di, You-Ying; Kong, Yu-Xia; Guo, Xiao-Yang; Tan, Zhi-Cheng (2010). "Synthesis, characterization, and thermodynamic study of ammonium benzoate C7H5O2NH4(s)". Thermochimica Acta. 502 (1–2): 14–19. doi:10.1016/j.tca.2010.01.021.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonium_benzoate
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