n-Hexadecanoic acid

• Formula: C₁₆H₃₂O₂
• Molecular weight: 256.4241
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C16H32O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16(17)18/h2-15H2,1H3,(H,17,18) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: IPCSVZSSVZVIGE-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 57-10-3
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• Other names: Hexadecanoic acid; n-Hexadecoic acid; Palmitic acid; Pentadecanecarboxylic acid; 1-Pentadecanecarboxylic acid; Cetylic acid; Emersol 140; Emersol 143; Hexadecylic acid; Hydrofol; Hystrene 8016; Hystrene 9016; Industrene 4516; Glycon P-45; Prifac 2960; NSC 5030; Palmitinic acid; Kortacid 1695; 60605-23-4; 116860-99-2; 212625-86-0; Hexadecanoic acid (palmitic acid); Hexadecanoic (palmitic) acid; Palmitic acid (hexadecanoic acid)
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References

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Gaikwad and Subrahmanyam, 1985
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Berchiesi, 1981
Berchiesi, M.A., Int. DATA Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, Ser. A, 1981, No. 2, 116. [all data]

Berchiesi, 1981, 2
Berchiesi, M.A., Int. DATA Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, Ser. A, 1981, No. 2, 119. [all data]

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Ward and Singleton, 1952
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Grob, Jenny, et al., 1951
Grob, C.A.; Jenny, E.F.; Utzinger, H., Synthesis of dl-1,3-dihydroxy-2-aminooctadecane, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1951, 34, 2249. [all data]

Myers, 1951
Myers, G.S., 2-Octadecenoic Acid I> Preparation and SOme Reactions of the cis and trans Isomers, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1951, 73, 2100-4. [all data]

Hoffman, Hoerr, et al., 1945
Hoffman, E.J.; Hoerr, C.W.; Ralston, A.W., The Binary System Stearonitrile-Palmitonitrile., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1945, 67, 1542. [all data]

Wibaut, Overhoff, et al., 1943
Wibaut, J.P.; Overhoff, J.; Jonker, E.W., On the Preparation of Some Hydrocarbons of the Mixed Aliphatic-Aromatic and Aliphatic-Alicyclic Type Containing 22 to 30 C-atoms, Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 1943, 62, 31. [all data]

Whitmore, Sutherland, et al., 1942
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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point

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