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Behenic acid

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Synonym(s):

Docosanoic acid

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)20COOH
CAS Number:
112-85-6
Molecular Weight:
340.58
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24852985
EC Number:
204-010-8
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1792887
MDL number:
MFCD00002807
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Quality Level

100

assay

99%

form

solid

mp

72-80 °C (lit.)

solubility

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

functional group

carboxylic acid

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

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.

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

nwg

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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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)
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)
Adina Eichner et al.
Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1859(5), 745-755 (2017-01-31)
The stratum corneum (SC) provides the main barrier properties in native skin. The barrier function is attributed to the intercellular lipids, forming continuous multilamellar membranes. In this study, SC lipid membranes in model ratios were enriched with deuterated lipids in
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216941-5G04061838774699