1-Eicosanol

• Formula: C₂₀H₄₂O
• Molecular weight: 298.5469
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C20H42O/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21/h21H,2-20H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: BTFJIXJJCSYFAL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 629-96-9
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: n-Eicosanol; n-1-Eicosanol; Arachic alcohol; Arachidic alcohol; Arachidyl alcohol; Eicosyl alcohol; 1-Icosanol; Eicosanol-(1); Eicosan-1-ol; Eicosanol; NSC 120887; icosan-1-ol
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

References

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Freeman and Bagby, 1989
Freeman, B.; Bagby, M.O., Heats of combustion of fatty esters and triglycerides, J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc., 1989, 66, 1601-1605. [all data]

Kuchhal, Shukla, et al., 1979
Kuchhal, Y.K.; Shukla, R.N.; Biswas, A.B., Differential thermal analysis of n-long chain alcohols and corresponding alkoxy ethanols, Thermochimica Acta, 1979, 31, 1, 61-70, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(79)80008-8 . [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]

Shulman, Formo, et al., 1961
Shulman, S.; Formo, M.W.; Rheineck, A.E., Aliphatic Urethanes. Effect of Chain Length on Some Physical Properties, J. Am. Oil Chem. SOc., 1961, 38, 205-8. [all data]

Scholl and Morrison, 1954
Scholl, A.W.; Morrison, J.G., Preparation and Properties of n-nonadecyl and n-eicosyl formates, West Va. Univ. Bull., Proc. West Va Acad. Sci., 1954, 26, 35-7. [all data]

Becker and Strating, 1940
Becker, H.J.; Strating, J., Preparation of Several Crystalline Aliphatic Hydrocarbons in the Pure State, Rec. Trav. Chim., 1940, 59, 933-46. [all data]

Nichols, Kweskin, et al., 2006
Nichols, Gary; Kweskin, Sasha; Frericks, Margaret; Reiter, Sarah; Wang, Gin; Orf, Jennifer; Carvallo, Brett; Hillesheim, Dorothea; Chickos, James, Evaluation of the Vaporization, Fusion, and Sublimation Enthalpies of the 1-Alkanols: The Vaporization Enthalpy of 1-, 6-, 7-, and 9-Heptadecanol, 1-Octadecanol, 1-Eicosanol, 1-Docosanol, 1-Hexacosanol, and Cholesterol at T = 298.15 K by Correlation Gas Chromatography, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2006, 51, 2, 475-482, https://doi.org/10.1021/je0503857 . [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]

Ventol«65533», Calvet, et al., 2004
Ventol«65533», L.; Calvet, T.; Cuevas-Diarte, M.A.; Ram«65533»rez, M.; Oonk, H.A.J.; Mondieig, D.; Negrier, Ph., Melting behaviour in the n-alkanol family. Enthalpy?entropy compensation, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2004, 6, 8, 1786, https://doi.org/10.1039/b313106h . [all data]

Ventolà, Ramírez, et al., 2002
Ventolà, L.; Ramírez, M.; Calvet, T.; Solans, X.; Cuevas-Diarte, M.A.; Negrier, P.; Mondieig, D.; van Miltenburg, J.C.; Oonk, H.A.J., Polymorphism of N -Alkanols: 1-Heptadecanol, 1-Octadecanol, 1-Nonadecanol, and 1-Eicosanol, Chem. Mater., 2002, 14, 2, 508-517, https://doi.org/10.1021/cm011010h . [all data]

van Miltenburg, Oonk, et al., 2001
van Miltenburg, J. Cees; Oonk, Harry A.J.; Ventola, Lourdes, Heat Capacities and Derived Thermodynamic Functions of 1-Octadecanol, 1-Nonadecanol, 1-Eicosanol, and 1-Docosanol between 10 K and 370 K, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2001, 46, 1, 90-97, https://doi.org/10.1021/je000048s . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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