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ceryl alcohol
Sign in to saveAlso known as n-hexacosanol, hexacosyl alcohol, cerylic alcohol, hexacosanol
1-Hexacosanol , also known as ceryl alcohol, is a saturated primary fatty alcohol with a carbon chain length of 26 that is a white waxy solid at room temperature. It is freely soluble in chloroform and insoluble in water. It occurs naturally in the epicuticular wax and plant cuticle of many plant species.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C26H54O
- Molecular weight
- 382.7 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- hexacosan-1-ol
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCO
- InChIKey
- IRHTZOCLLONTOC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 12.7
- Polar surface area
- 20.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- fatty alcohol
- Has part
- hydrogen
- Mass
- 382.417
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- found in taxon
- Boraginaceae
- chemical formula
- C₂₆H₅₄O
- canonical SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCO
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Encyclopedic overview
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1-Hexacosanol , also known as ceryl alcohol, is a saturated primary fatty alcohol with a carbon chain length of 26 that is a white waxy solid at room temperature. It is freely soluble in chloroform and insoluble in water. It occurs naturally in the epicuticular wax and plant cuticle of many plant species.
==References==
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