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cetyl mercaptan
Sign in to saveAlso known as Hexadecanethiol-1, n-Hexadecanethiol, Hexadecyl mercaptan, 1-Hexadecanethiol
1-Hexadecanethiol is a chemical compound from the group of thiols. Its chemical formula is .
Chemical data
- Formula
- C16H34S
- Molecular weight
- 258.5 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- hexadecane-1-thiol
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCS
- InChIKey
- ORTRWBYBJVGVQC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 8.3
- Polar surface area
- 1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 258.238
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- flash point
- 215
- vapor pressure
- 0.1
- Commons category
- 1-Hexadecanethiol
- chemical formula
- C₁₆H₃₄S
- canonical SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCS
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0318
- density
- 0.85
- melting point
- 21.0
- ceiling exposure limit
- 5.3
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Synthesis
- Properties
- Applications
- Toxicology and safety
- References
1-Hexadecanethiol is a chemical compound from the group of thiols. Its chemical formula is .
==Synthesis== 1-Hexadecanethiol can be obtained by reacting 1-bromohexadecane with thiourea.
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