1-pentadecanol
Sign in to saveAlso 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).
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
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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).
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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