--- title: "Saponification: making soap Template | MolDraw" url: https://www.moldraw.com/templates/setup-soap/ description: "Saponification: making soap template: GCSE / high school / CBSE / Abitur: vegetable oil and NaOH solution heated and stirred in a beaker on a tripod and…" lang: en publisher: Scidart Academy generated: 2026-10-28 --- [MolDraw](https://www.moldraw.com/) › [Templates](https://www.moldraw.com/templates/) › [Reaction setups](https://www.moldraw.com/templates/reaction-setups/) › Saponification: making soap [Reaction setups](https://www.moldraw.com/templates/reaction-setups/)Premium # Saponification: making soap template ![Saponification: making soap template: GCSE / high school / CBSE / Abitur: vegetable oil and NaOH solution heated and stirred in a beaker on a tripod and gauze, then the soap salted out with saturated NaCl solution and filtered.](https://www.moldraw.com/templates/setup-soap.webp) [Edit in MolDraw](https://www.moldraw.com/)Download with Pro Premium template. Preview and edit it free in MolDraw; downloading and exporting it is part of [MolDraw Pro](https://www.moldraw.com/pricing). GCSE / high school / CBSE / Abitur: vegetable oil and NaOH solution heated and stirred in a beaker on a tripod and gauze, then the soap salted out with saturated NaCl solution and filtered. ## What the template shows - Boil a fat or oil with sodium hydroxide, then salt out the soap - Stir all the time; add water as it boils away - Oil + NaOH(aq) - e.g. 10 cm³ vegetable oil and 20 cm³ 20% NaOH; heat gently for 15–20 min until no oil layer is left - Hot alkali spits: goggles. If ethanol is added to help mixing, use a water bath or hotplate, not a flame - Salting out - Pour into saturated NaCl solution: the soap separates as curds on top. Filter, wash with a little cold water - Glycerol stays in solution - Fat + 3NaOH → glycerol + 3 RCOO⁻Na⁺ (soap). The soap is still alkaline: do not use it on skin - Reaction setup Drawn with 13 shapes – every one editable in MolDraw. ## Sources - [Clayden, Greeves & Warren, Organic Chemistry, 2nd ed., OUP 2012, ch. 10](https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780199270293) Textbook - [Nelson & Cox, Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, 8th ed., 2021](https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781319228002) Textbook ## How to use this template 1. Press **Edit in MolDraw**. The template opens on the canvas of the free MolDraw editor. 2. Change anything: move structures, edit atoms and labels, recolour highlights or delete what you do not need. 3. Add your own structures, arrows and text next to it, or combine several templates on one page. 4. Export the drawing as PNG, SVG or PDF for slides, worksheets, theses and papers. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is the Saponification: making soap template free? You can preview the Saponification: making soap template here and open and edit it in MolDraw for free. 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