15-HYDROXYPENTADECANOIC ACID Chemical Properties

Melting point:

85-89 °C(lit.)

Boiling point:

174-220 °C(Press: 4 Torr)

Density 

0.963±0.06 g/cm3(Predicted)

storage temp. 

2-8°C

solubility 

Chloroform (Slightly, Sonicated), DMSO (Slightly)

pka

4.78±0.10(Predicted)

form 

Solid

color 

White to Off-White

BRN 

1240100

InChIKey

BZUNJUAMQZRJIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

CAS DataBase Reference

4617-33-8(CAS DataBase Reference)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

Xi

Safety Statements 

24/25

WGK Germany 

3

Hazard Note 

Irritant

HS Code 

2915907098

MSDS

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15-HYDROXYPENTADECANOIC ACID Usage And Synthesis

Description

15-hydroxy Pentadecanoic acid is a hydroxylated fatty acid that has been used in the synthesis of the macrocyclic lactone musk compounds exaltolide and phoracantholide I. [Matreya, LLC. Catalog No. 1881]

Chemical Properties

white to light yellow crystalline powder

Uses

15-Hydroxypentadecanoic acid is suitable reagent used in the following studies:

• As an internal standard in the quantification of formation of 11-hydroxylauric acid by gas chromatography.
• In the synthesis of [16-¹⁴C]16DCA (DCA= dicarboxylic acid) by one-carbon elongation procedure at C15.
• As an internal standard for the normalization of intensities in the mass spectra of plant cutin polymer.

It may be used in the synthesis of 5-pentadecanolide on dealuminated HY zeolite and also fatty acid analog of podophyllotoxin.

Definition

ChEBI: An omega-hydroxy fatty acid that is pentadecanoic acid in which one of the hydrogens of the terminal methyl group has been replaced by a hydroxy group.

General Description

15-Hydroxypentadecanoic acid undergoes lactonization reaction catalyzed by Mucor javanicus L46 and Mucor miehei to afford macrocyclic mono- and oligolactone derivatives. Its lipase-catalyzed synthesis from 15-tetracosenoic acid in Malania Olcifera Chum oil has been proposed. It also participates in the biosynthesis of pentadecanolide.

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