Sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate- What is it?

[chemstudent123]

I was wonder what exactly Sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate is?
How does the formula and shape of this look like? I especaillly don't understand wat dodecylbenzene and sulfonate is, is sulfonate another name for sulfate? Plz help me I'm sooo lost

 

[siddharth]

Have you tried google for the formula and shape?

 

[GCT]

yeah, you could probably find this with google image search (don't trust every image that's displayed though) as it's a popular compound. You can also browse through your organic text, under SN2 reactions, and find it there too (if the compound is what I think it is).

 

[chemstudent123]

O thx, i got the shape now but I'm supposed 2 do a 3D model of it how would i approach that? P.S. does this formula look right Na CH2(CH2)10CH3 SO3?