Lauric acid
Properties
- Molecular formula
- C12H24O2
- Molar mass
- 200.32 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 200.1776 Da
- Density
- 0.883 g/mL (at 20 °C)
- Melting point
- 44.2 °C
- Boiling point
- 298.9 °C
- pKa
- 5.3 (20 °C)
- Flash point
- 112.8 °C
- Water solubility
- 4.81 mg/L (25 °C)
- logP
- 3.99Crippen estimate
- Polar surface area
- 37.3 Ų
- H-bond donors / acceptors
- 1 / 1
- Rotatable bonds
- 10
Hazards
Danger
- H315 Causes skin irritation13.3% of notifiers
- H318 Causes serious eye damage76.5% of notifiers
- H319 Causes serious eye irritation21.6% of notifiers
Aggregated from 2,566 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.
Precautionary statements
P264, P264+P265, P280, P302+P352, P305+P351+P338, P305+P354+P338, P317, P321, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364
Identifiers
CAS number
143-07-7SMILES
CCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OInChIKey
POULHZVOKOAJMA-UHFFFAOYSA-NInChI
InChI=1S/C12H24O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12(13)14/h2-11H2,1H3,(H,13,14)Weigh it out
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Names and synonyms
43 names · show all
- Dodecanoic acid
- Laurostearic acid
- 1-Undecanecarboxylic acid
- ABL
- Aliphat no. 4
- Univol U 314
- Dodecylic acid
- Vulvic acid
- neo-Fat 12-43
- n-Dodecanoic acid
- neo-Fat 12
- Lunac L 70
- Emery 651
- Prifac 2920
- Nissan NAA 122
- Lunac L 98
- Hystrene 9512
- NAA 312
- Kortacid 1299
- Philacid 1200
- Edenor C 1298-100
- NSC 5026
- NAA 122
- Prifac 2922
- Edenor C 12
- Prifrac 2920
- ContraZeck
- 1-Dodecanoic acid
- Imex C 1299
- Palmac 98-12
- Edenor 12/98-100
- Palmera B 1231
- Edenor C 12-98-100
- Lasacid FC 12
- Laurates
- Dodecanoates
- Palmae 99-12
- D 97385
- Edenor C12-99
- Coconut hard 34
- Coconut hard 42
- Radiacid 0624
- NS 6
Safety data sheets
One stored sheet lists this compound in section 3, matched by the CAS number 143-07-7. Each row opens the sheet with its composition and PDF.
Work with Lauric acid
Predict the NMR spectrum1H and 13C shifts with multiplicities
Make a solutionWhat to weigh for any molarity and volume
Check drug-likenessLipinski, Veber and lead-likeness
Boiling point under vacuumAt any pressure, from its normal boiling point
Isotope patternExact mass and the mass spectrum pattern
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.
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Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue. All similar compounds