Hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester

• Formula: C₁₇H₃₄O₂
• Molecular weight: 270.4507
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C17H34O2/c1-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17(18)19-2/h3-16H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FLIACVVOZYBSBS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 112-39-0
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: Palmitic acid, methyl ester; n-Hexadecanoic acid methyl ester; Metholene 2216; Methyl hexadecanoate; Methyl n-hexadecanoate; Methyl palmitate; Uniphat A60; Emery 2216; Radia 7120; Acide hexadecanoique methyl ester
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (bar)
    T = temperature (K)

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Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

References

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Chickos, Braton, et al., 1991
Chickos, J.S.; Braton, C.M.; Hesse, D.G.; Liebman, J.F., Estimating entropies and enthalpies of fusion of organic compounds, J. Org. Chem., 1991, 56, 3, 927, https://doi.org/10.1021/jo00003a007 . [all data]

Gaikwad and Subrahmanyam, 1985
Gaikwad, B.R.; Subrahmanyam, V.V., Melting behavior of fatty alcohols and their binary blends., J. Indian Chem. Soc., 1985, 62, 513. [all data]

Wirth, Droege, et al., 1956
Wirth, H.E.; Droege, J.W.; Wood, J.H., Low Temperature Heat Capacity of Palmitic Acid and Methyl Palmitate, J. Phys. Chem., 1956, 60, 917. [all data]

Whitmore, Sutherland, et al., 1942
Whitmore, F.C.; Sutherland, L.H.; Cosby, J.N., Higher Hydrocarbons. I. Seven Alkyl Substituted Docosanes., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1942, 64, 1360. [all data]

van Genderen, van Miltenburg, et al., 2002
van Genderen, Aad C.G.; van Miltenburg, J. Cees; Blok, Jacobus G.; van Bommel, Mark J.; van Ekeren, Paul J.; van den Berg, Gerrit J.K.; Oonk, Harry A.J., Liquid--vapour equilibria of the methyl esters of alkanoic acids: vapour pressures as a function of temperature and standard thermodynamic function changes, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2002, 202, 1, 109-120, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-3812(02)00097-3 . [all data]

Krop, Velzen, et al., 1997
Krop, Hildo B.; Velzen, Martin J.M.v.; Parsons, John R.; Govers, Harrie A.J., Determination of environmentally relevant physical-chemical properties of some fatty acid esters, J Amer Oil Chem Soc, 1997, 74, 3, 309-315, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11746-997-0142-9 . [all data]

Chickos, Hosseini, et al., 1995
Chickos, James S.; Hosseini, Sarah; Hesse, Donald G., Determination of vaporization enthalpies of simple organic molecules by correlations of changes in gas chromatographic net retention times, Thermochimica Acta, 1995, 249, 41-62, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(95)90670-3 . [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [all data]

Husain, Sarma, et al., 1993
Husain, Sajid; Sarma, P. Nageswara; Swamy, G.Y.S.K.; Devi, K. Sita, Determination of physicochemical properties of some fatty acid methyl esters by gas liquid chromatography, J Am Oil Chem Soc, 1993, 70, 2, 149-155, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02542618 . [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Rose and Schrodt, 1963
Rose, Arthur; Schrodt, Verle N., Correlation and Prediction of Vapor Pressures of Homologs. Use of Structure Parameters and Gas Chromatography Data., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1963, 8, 1, 9-13, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60016a002 . [all data]

Scott, Macmillan, et al., 1952
Scott, T.A., Jr.; Macmillan, D.; Melvin, E.H., Vapor pressures and distillation of methyl esters of some fatty acids, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1952, 44, 172-175. [all data]

Bonhorst, Althouse, et al., 1948
Bonhorst, Carl W.; Althouse, Paul M.; Triebold, Howard O., Esters of Naturally Occurring Fatty Acids - Physical Properties of Methyl, Propyl, and Isopropyl Esters of C ₆ to C ₁₈ Saturated Fatty Acids, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1948, 40, 12, 2379-2384, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50468a031 . [all data]

Davies and Kybett, 1965
Davies, M.; Kybett, B., Sublimation and vaporization heats of long-chain alcohols, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1965, 61, 1608. [all data]

King and Garner, 1936
King, A.M.; Garner, W.E., The heats of crystallization of methyl and ethyl esters of monobasic fatty acids, 1936, J. [all data]

Nikolic, Marinovic-Cincovic, et al., 2003
Nikolic, R.; Marinovic-Cincovic, M.; Gadzuric, S.; Zsigrai, I.J., New materials for solar thermal storage---solid/liquid transitions in fatty acid esters, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2003, 79, 3, 285-292, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-0248(02)00412-9 . [all data]

Chickos, Zhao, et al., 2004
Chickos, James S.; Zhao, Hui; Nichols, Gary, The vaporization enthalpies and vapor pressures of fatty acid methyl esters C18, C21 to C23, and C25 to C29 by correlation -- gas chromatography, Thermochimica Acta, 2004, 424, 1-2, 111-121, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tca.2004.05.020 . [all data]

Acree, 1993
Acree, William E., Thermodynamic properties of organic compounds, Thermochimica Acta, 1993, 219, 97-104, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(93)80486-T . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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