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Version | 1.0 |
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Created at | 2005-11-16 15:48:42 UTC |
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Updated at | 2021-10-07 20:41:53 UTC |
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NP-MRD ID | NP0000371 |
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Secondary Accession Numbers | None |
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Natural Product Identification |
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Common Name | Palmitic acid |
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Description | Palmitic acid, or hexadecanoic acid, is one of the most common saturated fatty acids found in animals, plants, and microorganisms. As its name indicates, it is a major component of the oil from the fruit of oil palms (palm oil). Excess carbohydrates in the body are converted to palmitic acid. Palmitic acid is the first fatty acid produced during fatty acid synthesis and is the precursor to longer fatty acids. As a consequence, palmitic acid is a major body component of animals. In humans, one analysis found it to make up 21–30% (molar) of human depot fat (PMID: 13756126 ), And it is a major, but highly variable, lipid component of human breast milk (PMID: 352132 ). Palmitic acid is used to produce soaps, cosmetics, and industrial mould release agents. These applications use sodium palmitate, which is commonly obtained by saponification of palm oil. To this end, palm oil, rendered from palm tree (species Elaeis guineensis), is treated with sodium hydroxide (in the form of caustic soda or lye), which causes hydrolysis of the ester groups, yielding glycerol and sodium palmitate. Aluminium salts of palmitic acid and naphthenic acid were combined during World War II to produce napalm. The word "napalm" is derived from the words naphthenic acid and palmitic acid (Wikipedia). Palmitic acid is also used in the determination of water hardness and is a surfactant of Levovist, an intravenous ultrasonic contrast agent. |
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Structure | InChI=1S/C16H32O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16(17)18/h2-15H2,1H3,(H,17,18) |
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Synonyms | Value | Source |
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1-Hexyldecanoic acid | ChEBI | 1-Pentadecanecarboxylic acid | ChEBI | 16:00 | ChEBI | C16 | ChEBI | C16 Fatty acid | ChEBI | C16:0 | ChEBI | Cetylic acid | ChEBI | CH3-[CH2]14-COOH | ChEBI | FA 16:0 | ChEBI | Hexadecanoate | ChEBI | Hexadecoic acid | ChEBI | Hexadecylic acid | ChEBI | Hexaectylic acid | ChEBI | N-Hexadecanoic acid | ChEBI | N-Hexadecoic acid | ChEBI | Palmitate | ChEBI | Palmitinic acid | ChEBI | Palmitinsaeure | ChEBI | Pentadecanecarboxylic acid | ChEBI | 1-Hexyldecanoate | Generator | 1-Pentadecanecarboxylate | Generator | Cetylate | Generator | Hexadecanoic acid | Generator | Hexadecoate | Generator | Hexadecylate | Generator | Hexaectylate | Generator | N-Hexadecanoate | Generator | N-Hexadecoate | Generator | Palmitinate | Generator | Pentadecanecarboxylate | Generator | Edenor C16 | HMDB | Emersol 140 | HMDB | Emersol 143 | HMDB | Glycon p-45 | HMDB | Hexadecanoate (N-C16:0) | HMDB | Hexadecanoic acid palmitic acid | HMDB | Hydrofol | HMDB | Hydrofol acid 1690 | HMDB | Hystrene 8016 | HMDB | Hystrene 9016 | HMDB | Industrene 4516 | HMDB | Kortacid 1698 | HMDB | Loxiol ep 278 | HMDB | Lunac p 95 | HMDB | Lunac p 95KC | HMDB | Lunac p 98 | HMDB | Palmitoate | HMDB | Palmitoic acid | HMDB | PAM | HMDB | PLM | HMDB | Prifac 2960 | HMDB | Prifrac 2960 | HMDB | Pristerene 4934 | HMDB | Univol u332 | HMDB | Acid, hexadecanoic | HMDB | Acid, palmitic | HMDB | FA(16:0) | HMDB |
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Chemical Formula | C16H32O2 |
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Average Mass | 256.4241 Da |
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Monoisotopic Mass | 256.24023 Da |
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IUPAC Name | hexadecanoic acid |
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Traditional Name | palmitic acid |
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CAS Registry Number | 57-10-3 |
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SMILES | CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(O)=O |
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InChI Identifier | InChI=1S/C16H32O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16(17)18/h2-15H2,1H3,(H,17,18) |
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InChI Key | IPCSVZSSVZVIGE-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
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Experimental Spectra |
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| Spectrum Type | Description | Depositor ID | Depositor Organization | Depositor | Deposition Date | View |
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1D NMR | 1H NMR Spectrum (1D, 500 MHz, CDCl3, experimental) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum | 2D NMR | [1H, 13C]-HSQC NMR Spectrum (2D, 600 MHz, CDCl3, experimental) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum |
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Chemical Taxonomy |
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Description | Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as long-chain fatty acids. These are fatty acids with an aliphatic tail that contains between 13 and 21 carbon atoms. |
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Kingdom | Organic compounds |
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Super Class | Lipids and lipid-like molecules |
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Class | Fatty Acyls |
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Sub Class | Fatty acids and conjugates |
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Direct Parent | Long-chain fatty acids |
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Substituents | - Long-chain fatty acid
- Straight chain fatty acid
- Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives
- Carboxylic acid
- Carboxylic acid derivative
- Organic oxygen compound
- Organic oxide
- Hydrocarbon derivative
- Organooxygen compound
- Carbonyl group
- Aliphatic acyclic compound
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Molecular Framework | Aliphatic acyclic compounds |
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External Descriptors | |
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Physical Properties |
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State | Solid |
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Experimental Properties | Property | Value | Reference |
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Melting Point | 61.8 °C | Not Available | Boiling Point | 204.00 to 220.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg | The Good Scents Company Information System | Water Solubility | 4.0e-05 mg/mL | Not Available | LogP | 7.17 | Sangster, J. (1993). LOGKOW- a Databank of Evaluated Octanol-Water Partition Coefficients. Sangster Research Laboratories, Montreal. |
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Predicted Properties | |
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