Hexadecanamide

• Formula: C₁₆H₃₃NO
• Molecular weight: 255.4393
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C16H33NO/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16(17)18/h2-15H2,1H3,(H2,17,18) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: HSEMFIZWXHQJAE-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 629-54-9
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• Other names: Palmitamide; n-Hexadecanamide; Amide HPL; Amide 16; Cetyl amide; Palmitic acid amide; Palmitic amide; Palmityl amide; NSC 3327
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Phase change data

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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

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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Carfagna, Busico, et al., 1980
Carfagna, C.; Busico, V.; Salerno, V.; Vacatello, M., Melting behaviour of a series of monoamides, Thermochim. Acta, 1980, 37, 1, 31, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(80)85002-7 . [all data]

Davies, Jones, et al., 1959
Davies, M.; Jones, A.H.; Thomas, G.H., The lattice energies of the straight-chain primary amides, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1959, 55, 1100. [all data]

Krafft and Stauffer, 1882
Krafft, F.; Stauffer, B., The nitriles c(n)h(2n+2)cn of the higher fatty acids, Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges., 1882, 15, 1728-31. [all data]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [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]

Abate, Badea, et al., 2008
Abate, Lorenzo; Badea, Elena; Blanco, Ignazio; Della Gatta, Giuseppe, Heat Capacities and Enthalpies of Solid-Solid Transitions and Fusion of a Series of Eleven Primary Alkylamides by Differential Scanning Calorimetry, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2008, 53, 4, 959-965, https://doi.org/10.1021/je700662a . [all data]

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Kawasaki, W.; Matsui, K.; Akakabe, Y.; Itai, N.; Kajiwara, T., Long-chain aldehyde-forming activity in tobacco leaves, Phytochemistry, 1998, 49, 6, 1565-1568, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00236-2 . [all data]

Kawai, Ishida, et al., 1991
Kawai, T.; Ishida, Y.; Kakiuchi, H.; Ikeda, N.; Higashida, T.; Nakamura, S., Flavor components of dried squid, J. Agric. Food Chem., 1991, 39, 4, 770-777, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf00004a031 . [all data]

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Guo, L.; Wu, J.-Z.; Han, T.; Cao, T.; Rahman, K.; Qin, L.-P., Chemical composition, antifungal and antitumor properties of ether extracts of Scapania verrucosa Heeg. and its endophytic fungus Chaetomium fusiforme, Molecules, 2008, 13, 9, 2114-2125, https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules13092114 . [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

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