METHYL HENEICOSANOATE Chemical Properties

Melting point:

48-50 °C(lit.)

Boiling point:

207 °C4 mm Hg(lit.)

Density 

0.8775 (rough estimate)

refractive index 

1.4328 (estimate)

Flash point:

113 °C

storage temp. 

2-8°C

solubility 

Chloroform: 50 mg/ml

form 

crystalline

BRN 

1792879

LogP

10.270 (est)

CAS DataBase Reference

6064-90-0

Safety Information

WGK Germany 

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METHYL HENEICOSANOATE Usage And Synthesis

Description

Heneicosanoic acid methyl ester is an ester form of heneicosanoic acid . It has been used as an internal standard in the quantification of fatty acids in dairy products and fatty acid methyl esters in fish by GC-MS.

Chemical Properties

White wax-like solid. Insoluble in water; soluble inalcohol and ether. Combustible.

Uses

Methyl Heneicosanoate is a related compound of Heneicosanoic Acid (H245760), a long chain fatty acid used by S.epidermidis for lipopeptide production. Environmental contaminants; food contaminants.

Uses

Intermediate in organic synthesis.

Uses

Methyl heneicosanoate can find applications as an internal standard in the quantitative determination of fatty acids and their isomers composition using gas chromatography method of analysis (GC).

Definition

Themethyl ester of heneicosanoic acid.

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