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Palmitic acid

≥98% palmitic acid basis (GC), flakes, powder or crystals, suitable for thin layer chromatography (TLC), gas chromatography (GC)

Synonym(s):

1-Pentadecanecarboxylic acid, C16:0, Cetylic acid, Hexadecanoic acid, NSC 5030, PamOH

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)14COOH
CAS Number:
57-10-3
Molecular Weight:
256.42
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
57648272
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
EC Number:
200-312-9
MDL number:
MFCD00002747
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
607489

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Product Name

Palmitic acid, ≥98% palmitic acid basis (GC)

InChI key

IPCSVZSSVZVIGE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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)

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(O)=O

vapor pressure

10 mmHg ( 210 °C)

assay

≥98% palmitic acid basis (GC)

form

flakes
powder or crystals

technique(s)

gas chromatography (GC): suitable
thin layer chromatography (TLC): suitable

impurities

≤1% stearic acid (GC)

bp

271.5 °C/100 mmHg (lit.)

mp

61-62.5 °C (lit.)
62-65 °C

acid value

≤240

iodine value

≤0.5

saponification value

≤240

density

0.852 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

carboxylic acid

Quality Level

200

Gene Information

human ... FABP2(2169), FABP3(2170), FABP4(2167), FABP5(2171)

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Palmitic acid ≥98% palmitic acid basis (GC)

Sigma-Aldrich

27734

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Sigma-Aldrich

W283215

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Sigma-Aldrich

8.00508

Palmitic acid

assay

≥98% palmitic acid basis (GC)

assay

-

assay

98%

assay

≥98% (GC)

Quality Level

200

Quality Level

300

Quality Level

400

Quality Level

200

form

flakes, powder or crystals

form

-

form

crystals or chunks

form

solid

mp

61-62.5 °C (lit.), 62-65 °C

mp

61-62.5 °C (lit.)

mp

61-62.5 °C (lit.)

mp

61-63 °C

vapor pressure

10 mmHg ( 210 °C)

vapor pressure

10 mmHg ( 210 °C)

vapor pressure

10 mmHg ( 210 °C)

vapor pressure

-

bp

271.5 °C/100 mmHg (lit.)

bp

271.5 °C/100 mmHg (lit.)

bp

271.5 °C/100 mmHg (lit.)

bp

271.4 °C/133 hPa

Application

Palmitic acid may be employed in the preparation of palmitic anhydride, via reaction with dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) in carbon tetrachloride.[1] It undergoes deoxygenation in the presence of 4%wt Pd/C mesoporous catalyst at 300°C and pressure of 17bar of 5% H2 in argon. Aliphatic chain length hydrocarbons containing one less carbon than the corresponding acid were obtained as major products.[2]

General description

Palmiticacid (C16:0) is a saturated fatty acid commonly found in various naturalsources, such as animal fats and plant oils.

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

nwg

flash_point_f

235.4 °F

flash_point_c

113 °C

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dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Z Selinger et al.
Journal of lipid research, 7(1), 174-175 (1966-01-01)
A simple method is described for the preparation of caprylic, palmitic, stearic, and oleic anhydrides. Reaction of the free fatty acid and dicyclohexylcarbodiimide in carbon tetrachloride at room temperature gives the corresponding anhydrides in high yield (87-94%).
Catalytic deoxygenation of stearic acid and palmitic acid in semibatch mode.
Lestari S, et al.
Catalysis Letters, 130(1-2), 48-51 (2009)
Xiaozhe Yin et al.
Cell reports, 33(3), 108278-108278 (2020-10-22)
Dendritic cells (DCs) orchestrate the initiation, programming, and regulation of anti-tumor immune responses. Emerging evidence indicates that the tumor microenvironment (TME) induces immune dysfunctional tumor-infiltrating DCs (TIDCs), characterized with both increased intracellular lipid content and mitochondrial respiration. The underlying mechanism
Jonas Sieber et al.
The American journal of pathology, 183(3), 735-744 (2013-07-23)
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is characterized by dyslipidemia with elevated free fatty acids (FFAs). Loss of podocytes is a hallmark of diabetic nephropathy, and podocytes are highly susceptible to saturated FFAs but not to protective, monounsaturated FFAs. We report that
B Vessby et al.
Diabetologia, 37(10), 1044-1050 (1994-10-01)
Recent data indicate that peripheral insulin sensitivity may be influenced by dietary fat quality and skeletal muscle phospholipid fatty acid composition. During a health survey of 70-year-old men insulin sensitivity was measured by the euglycaemic hyperinsulinaemic clamp technique and the
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