Hexadecanoic acid

• CAS: 57-10-3
• Catalog Number: ACM57103
• Category: Fatty Acids and Ester Homologs
• Molecular Weight: 256.42
• Molecular Formula: C16H32O2
• Synonyms: Palmitic acid
• IUPAC Name: Hexadecanoic acid
• SMILES: CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O
• InChI: IPCSVZSSVZVIGE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• InChI Key: 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)
• Boiling Point: 351.5 °C
• Melting Point: 61-62.5 °C(lit.)
• Density: 0.852g/ml
• Appearance: Solid
• Storage: Room temperature
• Active Content: 95%
• CNo Chain: C16:0
• Compound Derivative: Acid
• Fatty Acid: Hexadecanoic; (Palmitic)
• Physical State: Solid

Synthetic Use

Upstream Synthesis Route 1

• 13182-85-9

• 57-10-3
• 443-48-1

Reference: [1] Pharmazie, 2000, vol. 55, # 5, p. 369 - 371

Downstream Synthesis Route 1

• 623-65-4
• 57-10-3
• 50-81-7

• 137-66-6

Reference: [1] Patent: CN105315244, 2016, A, . Location in patent: Paragraph 0047-0050

Downstream Synthesis Route 2

• 57-10-3
• 50-81-7

• 137-66-6

Reference: [1] JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 2003, vol. 80, # 8, p. 795 - 799

Downstream Synthesis Route 3

• 77287-34-4
• 57-10-3

• 629-54-9

Reference: [1]Anales de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Fisica y Quimica, Serie B: Quimica,1958,vol. 54,p. 233,234
[2]Yakugaku Zasshi/Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan,1942,vol. 62,p. 532; engl. Ref. S. 169
Chem.Abstr.,1951,p. 2861

Downstream Synthesis Route 4

• 50-00-0
• 57-10-3

• 112-39-0
• 628-97-7

Reference: [1]Bulletin de la Societe Chimique de France,1948,p. 855,856

Downstream Synthesis Route 5

• 64-17-5
• 57-10-3

• 628-97-7

Reference: [1]Synthetic Communications,2006,vol. 36,p. 7 - 11

* For details of the synthesis route, please refer to the original source to ensure accuracy.