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Myristic acid

C14H28O2CAS 544-63-8228.38 g/mol

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OOH
Carboxylic acid

Properties

Molecular formula
C14H28O2
Molar mass
228.38 g/mol
Exact mass
228.2089 Da
Density
0.8622 g/mL (at 54 °C)
Melting point
58.5 °C
Boiling point
326.2 °C
pKa
4.9
Flash point
112.8 °C
Water solubility
22 mg/L (30 °C)
logP
4.77Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
37.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 1
Rotatable bonds
12

Hazards

Warning
Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 2,717 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P264+P265, P280, P305+P351+P338, P337+P317

Identifiers

CAS number
544-63-8
SMILES
CCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O
InChIKey
TUNFSRHWOTWDNC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C14H28O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14(15)16/h2-13H2,1H3,(H,15,16)

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Names and synonyms

29 names · show all
  • Tetradecanoic acid
  • n-Tetradecan-1-oic acid
  • Prifac 2942
  • NAA 142
  • NAA 104
  • Emery 655
  • Hystrene 9014
  • Edenor C 14
  • Kortacid 1499
  • Philacid 1400
  • NSC 5028
  • Lunac MY 98
  • Prifrac 2942
  • Edenor C 14/98-100
  • 1-Tetradecanoic acid
  • MY 98
  • Imex C 1499
  • Palmac 98-14
  • Lunac M 98
  • Edenor C14-99 (C)
  • Sinar FA 1499
  • Myristates
  • Edenor C14-99
  • POFAC 1498
  • neo-Fat 14
  • Univol U 316S
  • n-Tetradecoic acid
  • 1-Tridecanecarboxylic acid
  • n-Tetradecanoic acid

Reactions

Safety data sheets

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Work with Myristic acid

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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.

Sodium myristate822-12-8Salt

Similar compounds

Pentadecylic acid1002-84-2100 % similar Enanthic acid111-14-8100 % similar Pelargonic acid112-05-0100 % similar Undecylic acid112-37-8100 % similar Behenic acid112-85-6100 % similar Caprylic acid124-07-2100 % similar Lauric acid143-07-7100 % similar Heneicosylic acid2363-71-5100 % similar

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue. All similar compounds

Same formula

Ethyl dodecanoate106-33-2 Dodecyl acetate112-66-3 Methyl tridecanoate1731-88-0 Butyl decanoate30673-36-0

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