ceryl alcohol
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1-Hexacosanol , also known as ceryl alcohol, is a saturated primary fatty alcohol with a carbon chain length of 26 that is a white waxy solid at room temperature. It is freely soluble in chloroform and insoluble in water. It occurs naturally in the epicuticular wax and plant cuticle of many plant species.
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- Mass
- 382.417
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- chemical formula
- C₂₆H₅₄O
- canonical SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCO
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1-Hexacosanol , also known as ceryl alcohol, is a saturated primary fatty alcohol with a carbon chain length of 26 that is a white waxy solid at room temperature. It is freely soluble in chloroform and insoluble in water. It occurs naturally in the epicuticular wax and plant cuticle of many plant species.
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