Hexadecanal

• Formula: C₁₆H₃₂O
• Molecular weight: 240.4247
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C16H32O/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17/h16H,2-15H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: NIOYUNMRJMEDGI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 629-80-1
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: Palmitaldehyde; 1-Hexadecanal; n-Hexadecanal
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Data compiled by: Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director

References

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Egerton, Gregory, et al., 1952
Egerton, M.J.; Gregory, G.I.; Malkin, T., Sphingolipide Field II. An Improved Synthesis of Racemic 2-Amino-1,3-Octa- decanediol and An X-ray Examination of Its Derivatives, J. Chem. Soc., 1952, 1952, 2292. [all data]

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]

Reindel, Weickmann, et al., 1940
Reindel, F.; Weickmann, A.; Picard, S.; Luber, K.; Turla, P., Fungus Cerebrin, Ann., 1940, 544, 116-37. [all data]

Stephen, 1925
Stephen, H., J. Chem. Soc., 1925, 127, 1874. [all data]

Le Sueur, 1905
Le Sueur, H.R., J. Chem. Soc., 1905, 87, 1888. [all data]

Krafft, 1880
Krafft, F., The production of laurinaldehyde c(12)h(24)o, myristinaldehyde c(14)h(28)o, palmitinaldehyde c(16)h(32)o, stearinaldehyde c(18)h(36)o: I investigation of aldehydes, Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges., 1880, 13, 1413-8. [all data]

Dollfus, 1864
Dollfus, E., Some Cetyl Compounds, Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem., 1864, 131, 283-91. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point

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