Tridecanoic acid Chemical Properties

Melting point:

41-42 °C(lit.)

Boiling point:

236 °C100 mm Hg(lit.)

Density 

0.9582 g/cm³ (20 ºC)

refractive index 

1.4498 (589.3 nm 20℃)

FEMA 

4336 | TRIDECANOIC ACID

Flash point:

>230 °F

storage temp. 

room temp

solubility 

Chloroform (Slightly)

pka

4.78±0.10(Predicted)

form 

Crystalline Chunks, Flakes or Powder

color 

White to pale yellow

Odor

at 100.00 %. waxy woody

Odor Type

waxy

Water Solubility 

33mg/L(20 ºC)

BRN 

508317

Stability:

Stable. Incompatible with bases, oxidizing agents, reducing agents.

InChIKey

SZHOJFHSIKHZHA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

LogP

5.56

CAS DataBase Reference

638-53-9(CAS DataBase Reference)

EPA Substance Registry System

Tridecanoic acid (638-53-9)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

Xi

Risk Statements 

36/37/38

Safety Statements 

26-36

WGK Germany 

3

RTECS 

YD3850000

HS Code 

29159000

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Tridecanoic acid Usage And Synthesis

Structure

The A′-form of tridecanoic acid is triclinic, with the space group P\bar1 and with a=4.273(1), b=4.972(1), c=37.69(1) Å, α=90.36(2), β=109.44(2), and γ=112.43(2)°. The structure was determined by the Patterson method. Refinement by block-diagonal least-squares methods gave a final R factor of 0.071[1].

Description

Tridecanoic acid , or tridecylic acid, is a 13-carbon saturated fatty acid with the chemical formula CH3(CH2)11COOH. It is commonly found in dairy products. It is also found in some plants, such as nutmeg, muskmelon, black elderberry, and coconut.

Chemical Properties

off-white or white crystalline solid; waxy, woody aroma.

Occurrence

Reported found in star fruit oil Cuba (0.30%) and rue oil Cuba (0.07%).

Uses

Tridecanoic acid is a metabolite found in the aging mouse brain. It can be used in organic synthesis which is used to synthesize Testosterone Tridecanoate. It can also be used in wastewater treatment as a glycol ester and to reduce the presence of organic molecules such as caproic acid, alkanoic acid, and multivariate logistic regression.

Application

Tridecanoic acid has been used as an internal standard for the lipid analysis of total intramuscular fat from broilers and fatty acid analysis in chinook salmon roe lipids. It has also been used as a reference standard in gas chromatography for quantifying fatty acids in meat samples.

Definition

ChEBI: Tridecanoic acid is a C13 straight-chain saturated fatty acid. It has a role as a plant metabolite. It is a long-chain fatty acid and a straight-chain saturated fatty acid. It is a conjugate acid of a tridecanoate.

Aroma threshold values

Medium strength odor, waxy type.

Synthesis Reference(s)

The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 35, p. 2846, 1970 DOI: 10.1021/jo00833a096

General Description

Tridecanoic acid is an aliphatic monoacid. It is complexed to β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) for structural studies. It can exist in three polymeric forms(A′, B′ and C′) when crystallized.

Purification Methods

Crystallise the acid from acetone. [Beilstein 2 IV 1117.]

References

[1] M. Goto, E. Asada. “The Crystal Structure of the A′-form of Tridecanoic Acid.” Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan 53 1 (1980): 2111–2113.

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