2-Hydroxyhexadecanoic acid

C16H32O3CAS 10067-06-8272.43 g/mol

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AlcoholCarboxylic acid

Properties

Molecular formula
C16H32O3
Molar mass
272.43 g/mol
Exact mass
272.2351 Da
Melting point
93.5 °C
logP
4.52Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
57.5 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
2 / 2
Rotatable bonds
14

Hazards

Warning
Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from the ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P264, P264+P265, P280, P302+P352, P305+P351+P338, P321, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364

Identifiers

CAS number
10067-06-8
SMILES
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(O)C(=O)O
InChIKey
JGHSBPIZNUXPLA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C16H32O3/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15(17)16(18)19/h15,17H,2-14H2,1H3,(H,18,19)

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Names and synonyms

9 names
  • Hexadecanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-
  • α-Hydroxypalmitic acid
  • 2-Hydroxypalmitic acid
  • α-Hydroxyhexadecanoic acid
  • (±)-α-Hydroxypalmitic acid
  • DL-2-Hydroxypalmitic acid
  • (±)-2-Hydroxyhexadecanoic acid
  • DL-2-Hydroxyhexadecanoic acid
  • NSC 2097

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Stereoisomers, salts and isotopologues

The same compound in another form: other stereochemistry, a salt or hydrate, the free acid or base, or an isotope-labelled version.

2-Hydroxyhexadecanoic acid764-67-0

Similar compounds

2-Hydroxytetradecanoic acid2507-55-3100 % similar Hydroxycaprylic acid617-73-2100 % similar 2-Hexyldecanoic acid25354-97-667 % similar 2-Hexadecylpropanedioic acid4371-64-667 % similar 2-Bromooctadecanoic acid142-94-961 % similar 2-Bromohexadecanoic acid18263-25-761 % similar 2-Bromooctanoic acid2623-82-761 % similar (±)-2-Aminooctanoic acid644-90-661 % similar

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

All similar compounds

Same formula

Juniperic acid506-13-8

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