Skip to Content
Merck
All Photos(1)

Key Documents

View All Documentation

Safety Information

130087

Sigma-Aldrich

Myristic acid

95%

Synonym(s):

1-Tridecanecarboxylic acid, C14:0, NSC 5028, Tetradecanoic acid

Sign Into View Organizational & Contract Pricing
All Photos(1)

About This Item

Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)12COOH
CAS Number:
544-63-8
Molecular Weight:
228.37
Beilstein:
508624
EC Number:
208-875-2
MDL number:
MFCD00002744
UNSPSC Code:
12352211
PubChem Substance ID:
329749968

Assay

95%

bp

250 °C/100 mmHg (lit.)

mp

52-54 °C (lit.)

functional group

carboxylic acid

lipid type

saturated FAs

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCCC(O)=O

InChI

1S/C14H28O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14(15)16/h2-13H2,1H3,(H,15,16)

InChI key

TUNFSRHWOTWDNC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Looking for similar products? Visit Product Comparison Guide

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

nwg

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

Regulatory Listings

Regulatory Listings are mainly provided for chemical products. Only limited information can be provided here for non-chemical products. No entry means none of the components are listed. It is the user’s obligation to ensure the safe and legal use of the product.

JAN Code

130087-5G:
130087-VAR:
130087-250G:
130087-BULK:
130087-1KG:

Choose from one of the most recent versions:

Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
02926PH
S42706
01315EH
01420JE
11015TD

Don't see the Right Version?

If you require a particular version, you can look up a specific certificate by the Lot or Batch number.

Search for a COA

Already Own This Product?

Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.

Visit the Document Library

Dalit Shental-Bechor et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(44), 17839-17844 (2012-08-01)
We present an integrated experimental and computational study of the molecular mechanisms by which myristoylation affects protein folding and function, which has been little characterized to date. Myristoylation, the covalent linkage of a hydrophobic C14 fatty acyl chain to the
Anja Meier et al.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 58(1), 31-42 (2012-12-06)
Chronic infection with the human hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a global health problem and a main cause of progressive liver diseases. HBV exhibits a narrow host range, replicating primarily in hepatocytes. Both host and hepatocyte specificity presumably involve specific
S Curry et al.
Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1441(2-3), 131-140 (1999-11-26)
Human serum albumin possesses multiple fatty acid binding sites of varying affinities, but the precise locations of these sites have remained elusive. The determination of the crystal structure of human serum albumin complexed with myristic acid recently revealed the positions
Sarah Brice Russo et al.
The Journal of clinical investigation, 122(11), 3919-3930 (2012-10-02)
Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DbCM), which consists of cardiac hypertrophy and failure in the absence of traditional risk factors, is a major contributor to increased heart failure risk in type 2 diabetes patients. In rodent models of DbCM, cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction
Alicja Kuban-Jankowska et al.
PloS one, 7(12), e52495-e52495 (2013-01-10)
Hydrogen peroxide induces oxidation and consequently inactivation of many protein tyrosine phosphatases. It was found that hydrogen peroxide, in the presence of carboxylic acids, was efficiently activated to form even more potent oxidant - peroxy acid. We have found that
View All Related Papers

Our team of scientists has experience in all areas of research including Life Science, Material Science, Chemical Synthesis, Chromatography, Analytical and many others.

Contact Technical Service