Palmitic acid
Properties
- Molecular formula
- C16H32O2
- Molar mass
- 256.43 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 256.2402 Da
- Density
- 0.8527 g/mL (at 62 °C)
- Melting point
- 61.8 °C
- Boiling point
- 351.5 °C
- Water solubility
- 40 µg/L (25 °C)
- logP
- 5.55Crippen estimate
- Polar surface area
- 37.3 Ų
- H-bond donors / acceptors
- 1 / 1
- Rotatable bonds
- 14
Hazards
Warning
- H315 Causes skin irritation28.2% of notifiers
- H319 Causes serious eye irritation29.3% of notifiers
- H335 May cause respiratory irritation27.7% of notifiers
Aggregated from 1,873 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.
Precautionary statements
P261, P264, P264+P265, P271, P280, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P319, P321, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P403+P233, P405, P501
Identifiers
CAS number
57-10-3SMILES
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OInChIKey
IPCSVZSSVZVIGE-UHFFFAOYSA-NInChI
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)Weigh it out
Type any one amount. The others follow from the molar mass and density.
Names and synonyms
35 names · show all
- Hexadecanoic acid
- n-Hexadecoic acid
- 1-Pentadecanecarboxylic acid
- Pentadecanecarboxylic acid
- n-Hexadecanoic acid
- Palmitinic acid
- Prifac 2960
- Hydrofol acid 1690
- PA 900
- neo-Fat 16
- Lunac P 95KC
- Emersol 143
- Cetylic acid
- Hystrene 9016
- NAA 160
- Kortacid 1698
- Lunac P 95
- Loxiol EP 278
- FA 1695
- NSC 5030
- Edenor C16
- Pristerene 4934
- Lunac P 98
- V 1695
- Kortacid 1695
- A 1600
- Edenor C 16-98-100
- Palmac 98-16
- Imex C 1498
- Palmitates
- Cetostearic acid
- (E)-[p-((1,2-Dihydroxypropyloxy)-p′-(propargyloxy)] azobenzene
- Edenor C16-98MY
- PS 1618
- Vetec
Work with Palmitic 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.
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.