Editing Sodium cocoate (section)

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'''Sodium cocoate''' is a mixture of [[fatty acid]] salts ([[acid salt]]s) of [[coconut oil]] that is used in some [[soap]]s.<ref>{{Cite book | title = Second World Conference on Detergents | editor = A. R. Baldwin | chapter = Effects of Bar Soap Constituents on Product Mildness | author = R. Marc Dahlgren |display-authors=etal | page = 127 }}</ref>

Sodium cocoate is produced by hydrolysis of the ester linkages in coconut oil with [[sodium hydroxide]], a strong [[Base (chemistry)|base]].

The CAS number for sodium cocoate is 61789-31-9.