1-pentadecanol

Also known as n-1-Pentadecanol, n-Pentadecanol, Pentadecyl alcohol, Neodol 5, Pentadecanol-(1), Pentadecan-1-ol, 1-Pentadecanol (ACD/Name 4.0), N-Pentadecanol

1-Pentadecanol is an organic chemical compound classified as an alcohol. At room temperature, it is a white, flaky solid. It is a saturated long-chain fatty alcohol consisting of a pentadecane chain with a hydroxy group as substituent on one end. It is an achiral molecule (meaning that it has no mirror-image isomers).

Chemical data

Formula: C15H32O
Molecular weight: 228.41 g/mol
IUPAC name: pentadecan-1-ol
SMILES: CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCO
InChIKey: REIUXOLGHVXAEO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP: 6.8
Polar surface area: 20.2 Å²
H-bond donors: 1
H-bond acceptors: 1
Formal charge: 0

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Molecule type: Small molecule

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of: fatty alcohol
Has part: hydrogen
Mass: 228.245

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found in taxon: Eucalyptus globulus
canonical SMILES: CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCO
melting point: 46.0
chemical formula: C₁₅H₃₂O
Commons category: 1-Pentadecanol

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Like other long-chain primary alcohols, it is used as an ingredient in industrial chemicals, lubricating oils, and consumer products such as lotions and creams. Additionally, it can be used as a feedstock for processes that use ethoxylation (adding ethylene oxide) and sulfation (adding a sulfo group) reactions to produce surfactants (primarily detergents).

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