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Sigma-Aldrich

Myristyl dodecanoate

≥99%

Synonym(s):

Lauric acid myristyl ester, Myristyl laurate

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C26H52O2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
396.69
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352211
PubChem Substance ID:

Assay

≥99%

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCOC(=O)CCCCCCCCCCC

InChI

1S/C26H52O2/c1-3-5-7-9-11-13-14-15-17-19-21-23-25-28-26(27)24-22-20-18-16-12-10-8-6-4-2/h3-25H2,1-2H3

InChI key

FNMPODAQERUMDD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Biochem/physiol Actions

Myristyl dodecanoate (Myristyl laurate) is a laurate medium-chain unsaturated fatty acid ester compound that may be used as a reference in the analysis of wax esters of lauric acid.

Storage Class Code

13 - Non Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Structural characterization of wax esters by electron ionization mass spectrometry.
Urbanova K, Vrkoslav V, Valterova I, et al.
Journal of Lipid Research, 53, 2004-2213 (2012)
M C Pérez-Camino et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 983(1-2), 283-288 (2003-02-06)
A procedure for the simultaneous determination of long-chain aliphatic aldehydes, and aliphatic and triterpenic waxes in virgin olive oils is described. A fraction containing these compounds was isolated from the oil using solid-phase extraction on silica-gel cartridges. The fraction was
Vladimír Vrkoslav et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1217(25), 4184-4194 (2010-01-19)
High chromatographic resolution of wax esters (WEs) was achieved by non-aqueous reversed-phase liquid chromatography on a Nova-Pak C18 column by optimising the acetonitrile/ethyl acetate mobile phase gradient. The retention behaviour of WEs was studied in this chromatographic system. The WEs

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