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PHR1571

Methyl Oleate

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

Synonym(s):

Methyl oleate, Methyl cis-9-octadecenoate, Oleic acid methyl ester

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)7CH=CH(CH2)7CO2CH3
CAS Number:
112-62-9
Molecular Weight:
296.49
EC Number:
203-992-5
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1727037
MDL number:
MFCD00009578
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Quality Level

300

grade

certified reference material, pharmaceutical secondary standard

agency

traceable to USP 1431556

vapor pressure

10 mmHg ( 205 °C)

API family

methyl oleate

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

packaging

pkg of 1 g

refractive index

n20/D 1.452 (lit.)

bp

218 °C/20 mmHg (lit.)

density

0.874 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)

application(s)

pharmaceutical

format

neat

storage temp.

-10 to -25°C

SMILES string

CCCCCCCC\C=C/CCCCCCCC(=O)OC

InChI

1S/C19H36O2/c1-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19(20)21-2/h10-11H,3-9,12-18H2,1-2H3/b11-10-

InChI key

QYDYPVFESGNLHU-KHPPLWFESA-N

General description

Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control, provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards. Methyl oleate can be obtained as one of the products of transesterification of triolein with methanol in the presence of potassium carbonate loaded onto alumina as catalyst.

Application

Methyl Oleate may be used as a pharmaceutical reference standard for the determination of the analyte in pharmaceutical formulations by gas-chromatography (GC) coupled to flame-ionization detector (FID).
These Secondary Standards are qualified as Certified Reference Materials. These are suitable for use in several analytical applications including but not limited to pharma release testing, pharma method development for qualitative and quantitative analyses, food and beverage quality control testing, and other calibration requirements.

Analysis Note

These secondary standards offer multi-traceability to the USP and EP primary standards, where they are available.

Other Notes

This Certified Reference Material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034 and ISO/IEC 17025. All information regarding the use of this CRM can be found on the certificate of analysis.
To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAA4487 in the Documents slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

235.4 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

113.0 °C - closed cup

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Methyl Oleate
United States Pharmacopeia/National Formulary, 6179-6179 (2013)

Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
PHR1571-1G04061834427964