Palmitic acid

C16H32O2CAS 57-10-3256.43 g/mol

OOH
Carboxylic 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
logP
5.55Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
37.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 1
Rotatable bonds
14

Identifiers

CAS number
57-10-3
SMILES
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O
InChIKey
IPCSVZSSVZVIGE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
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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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

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