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Behenic acid

99%

Synonym(s):

Docosanoic acid

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)20COOH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
340.58
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1792887
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

assay

99%

form

solid

mp

72-80 °C (lit.)

solubility

chloroform: soluble 50 mg/mL, clear
hexane: soluble

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(O)=O

InChI

1S/C22H44O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22(23)24/h2-21H2,1H3,(H,23,24)

InChI key

UKMSUNONTOPOIO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Behenic acid is a saturated fatty acid used as a chemical intermediate in the synthesis of various compounds. Monomolecular films of stearic and behenic acid were formed on substrates 0.1M in sodium chloride, sodium bicarbonate or sodium phosphate and were investigated by IR analysis

Application

Behenic acid was used to investigate the phase behavior of long-chain acids in supercritical propane. It was also used in fabrication of metallic Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films.

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk_germany

nwg

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)


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Phase equilibria of long-chain carboxylic acids in supercritical Propane.
Schwarz CE, et al.
Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 56(4), 1116-1124 (2011)
Md Mazharul Islam et al.
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The present study was undertaken to clarify whether bovine sperm could take up fatty acids (FAs) and produce ATP to maintain linear motility. Frozen bovine semen was thawed in media containing either lipid mixture (LM) or FAs, and sperm motility
Observation of metallic conductivity down to 14 K in Langmuir-Blodgett films based on BEDO-TTF and behenic acid.
Ohnuki H, et al.
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 55(16), R10225-R10225 (1997)
Lais Alonso et al.
International journal of pharmaceutics, 434(1-2), 391-398 (2012-06-14)
Miltefosine (MT) is an alkylphospholipid approved for breast cancer metastasis and visceral leishmaniasis treatments, although the respective action mechanisms at the molecular level remain poorly understood. In this work, the interaction of miltefosine with the lipid component of stratum corneum
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Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM, 22(2), 75-83 (2007-12-07)
Bioactive lipid mediators derived from polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) exhibit a range of tissue- and cell-specific activities in many physiological and pathological processes. Electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry coupled to liquid chromatography (LC/ESI-MS/MS) is a sensitive, versatile analytical methodology for

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