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Ascorbic acid 6-palmitate

meets USP testing specifications

• Synonym(s): 6-O-Palmitoyl-L-ascorbic acid, L-Ascorbic acid 6-hexadecanoate, L-Ascorbyl palmitate, Ascorbic acid 6-palmitate, NSC 402451
• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C₂₂H₃₈O₇
• CAS Number: 137-66-6
• Molecular Weight: 414.53
• UNSPSC Code: 12352205
• NACRES: NA.21
• PubChem Substance ID: 24890608
• EC Number: 205-305-4
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 96552
• MDL number: MFCD00005377

Properties

• biological source: synthetic
• Quality Level: 200
• agency: USP/NF, meets USP testing specifications
• assay: 95.0-100.5%
• form: powder
• color: light yellow
• application(s): pharmaceutical (small molecule)
• SMILES string: CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC[C@H](O)[C@H]1OC(=O)C(O)=C1O
• InChI: 1S/C22H38O7/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-18(24)28-16-17(23)21-19(25)20(26)22(27)29-21/h17,21,23,25-26H,2-16H2,1H3/t17-,21+/m0/s1
• InChI key: QAQJMLQRFWZOBN-LAUBAEHRSA-N

Description

General description

Ascorbic acid 6-palmitate/L-Ascorbyl 6-palmitate (AP) is a derivative of a synthetic lipophilic ascorbic acid.

Biochem/physiol Actions

L-Ascorbyl 6-palmitate (AP) is used as preservative in foods. In mice, AP works as a dietary antitumor promoter. 

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS07
• signalword: Warning
• hcodes: H319
• pcodes: P264 - P280 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P337 + P313
• Hazard Classifications: Eye Irrit. 2
• Storage Class: 11 - Combustible Solids
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable
• ppe: Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)