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pentadecalactone
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Cyclopentadecanolide is an organic compound with the formula . A colorless solid, it is classified as macrolide lactone. It has some use in perfumery.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C15H28O2
- Molecular weight
- 240.38 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- oxacyclohexadecan-2-one
- SMILES
- C1CCCCCCCOC(=O)CCCCCC1
- InChIKey
- FKUPPRZPSYCDRS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 5.8
- Polar surface area
- 26.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- macrolides
- Has part
- oxygen
- Mass
- 240.209
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- chemical formula
- C₁₅H₂₈O₂
- canonical SMILES
- C1CCCCCCCOC(=O)CCCCCC1
- melting point
- 35.0
- found in taxon
- Lonicera japonica
- Commons category
- Cyclopentadecanolide
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Occurrence and production
- Uses
- References
Cyclopentadecanolide is an organic compound with the formula . A colorless solid, it is classified as macrolide lactone. It has some use in perfumery.
==Occurrence and production== Cyclopentadecanolide occurs in small quantities in angelica root essential oil and is responsible for its musklike odor.
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