Amine Oxide: Synthesis and Analysis

This paper presents the laboratory synthesis of zwitterionic surfactant—oleylamido propyldimethylamine oxide (OADAO), as well as the selection of conditions for its implementation. The results of the analysis of synthesis products by potentiometric titration and IR-Fourier spectroscopy methods are presented, which prove the presence of the target product in the composition of the reaction mass at the end of synthesis. The positive results of the synthesis and the absence of light organochlorine compounds (LOC) in the end products allow us to further consider OADAO, for example, as a gelling agent for aqueous fracturing fluids, by studying its technological characteristics.