Some of the earliest synthetic detergents were the sodium alkyl sulfates, CH3(CH2)nCH2¬OSO3 Na+ .Show how you would make sodium octadecylsulfate using tristearin as your organic starting material.

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Some of the earliest synthetic detergents were the sodium alkyl sulfates, CH3(CH2)nCH2¬OSO3 Na+ .
Show how you would make sodium octadecylsulfate using tristearin as your organic starting material.

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