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cetyl alcohol
Sign in to saveAlso known as hexadecan-1-ol, 1-hexadecanol, palmityl alcohol, cetanol, hexadecyl alcohol, hexadecanol, n-1-hexadecanol, 1-hexadecyl alcohol
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- C16H34O
- Molecular weight
- 242.44 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- hexadecan-1-ol
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCO
- InChIKey
- BXWNKGSJHAJOGX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 7.3
- Polar surface area
- 20.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- primary alcohol
- Has part
- carbon
- Mass
- 242.261
- Autonomy
- 245
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- chemical formula
- C₁₆H₃₄O
- MCN code
- 2905.17.20
- canonical SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCO
- safety classification and labelling
- Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008
- Commons category
- Cetyl alcohol
- melting point
- 49.30
- boiling point
- 334
- density
- 0.84
- refractive index
- 1.4283
- phase point
- critical point
- flash point
- 155
- dynamic viscosity
- 8.0
- median lethal dose (LD50)
- 5
- subject has role
- primary metabolite
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