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442784

Supelco

Squalane

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

2,6,10,15,19,23-Hexamethyltetracosane, Cosbiol, Perhydrosqualene, Robane

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Linear Formula:
[(CH3)2CH(CH2)3CH(CH3)(CH2)3CH(CH3)CH2CH2-]2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
422.81
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
776019
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
PubChem Substance ID:

grade

analytical standard

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

packaging

ampule of 1000 mg

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

refractive index

n20/D 1.452 (lit.)

bp

176 °C/0.05 mmHg (lit.)

mp

−38 °C (lit.)

density

0.81 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

environmental
food and beverages

format

neat

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

CC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)C

InChI

1S/C30H62/c1-25(2)15-11-19-29(7)23-13-21-27(5)17-9-10-18-28(6)22-14-24-30(8)20-12-16-26(3)4/h25-30H,9-24H2,1-8H3

InChI key

PRAKJMSDJKAYCZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Other Notes

Product 442784 has been discontinued. Product PHR1417 may be an acceptable replacement.

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

424.4 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

218 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter


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Squalane is in the midplane of the lipid bilayer: implications for its function as a proton permeability barrier.
Hau? T, et al.
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, 1556(2-3), 149-154 (2002)
Biological importance and applications of squalene and squalane.
Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, 65(2-3), 223-233 (2012)
Federica Camin et al.
Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM, 24(12), 1810-1816 (2010-05-26)
Squalene and its hydrogenated derivate squalane are widely used in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic fields. The two compounds are mainly produced from the liver oil of deep sea sharks and from olive oil distillates. Squalene and squalane from shark cost
Brian K Radak et al.
The journal of physical chemistry. A, 113(26), 7218-7226 (2009-03-28)
To better understand the reactivity of gases with liquid surfaces, experimentalists have recently probed the reactive scattering of atomic fluorine at the surface of liquid squalane (C(30)H(62)). In this paper we further this research by simulating this scattering process at
Yueying Ren et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1155(1), 105-111 (2007-05-01)
A novel approach is described for the prediction of gas chromatographic Kováts retention indices of 150 acyclic C5-C8 alkenes on two stationary phases (polydimethylsiloxane, PDMS, and squalane, SQ). The heuristic method was used to build multiple linear regression models using

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