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pentadecalactone
Sign in to saveAlso known as cyclopentadecanolide, pentadecanolactone, Exaltolide, muskalactone
Cyclopentadecanolide is an organic compound with the formula . A colorless solid, it is classified as macrolide lactone. It has some use in perfumery.
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Vinony's link graph records 5 inbound references to pentadecalactone, and connects out to International Standard Book Number, mass density and perfume.
It is catalogued under topics including ECHA InfoCard ID from Wikidata, Flavors and Heterocyclic compounds with 1 ring.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C15H28O2
- Molecular weight
- 240.38 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- oxacyclohexadecan-2-one
- SMILES
- C1CCCCCCCOC(=O)CCCCCC1
- InChIKey
- FKUPPRZPSYCDRS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 5.8
- Polar surface area
- 26.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- macrolides
- Has part
- oxygen
- Mass
- 240.209
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- chemical formula
- C₁₅H₂₈O₂
- canonical SMILES
- C1CCCCCCCOC(=O)CCCCCC1
- melting point
- 35.0
- found in taxon
- Lonicera japonica
- Commons category
- Cyclopentadecanolide
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Occurrence and production
- Uses
- References
Cyclopentadecanolide is an organic compound with the formula . A colorless solid, it is classified as macrolide lactone. It has some use in perfumery.
==Occurrence and production== Cyclopentadecanolide occurs in small quantities in angelica root essential oil and is responsible for its musklike odor.
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