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Methyl Stearate

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

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Synonym(s):
Methyl stearate, Methyl octadecanoate, Stearic acid methyl ester
Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)16CO2CH3
CAS Number:
112-61-8
Molecular Weight:
298.50
Beilstein:
1786213
EC Number:
203-990-4
MDL number:
MFCD00009005
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
329823385
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

certified reference material
pharmaceutical secondary standard

Quality Level

300

Agency

traceable to Ph. Eur. M1770200
traceable to USP 1437508

API family

methyl stearate

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

packaging

pkg of 1 g

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

bp

181-182 °C/4 mmHg (lit.)

mp

37-41 °C (lit.)

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC

InChI

1S/C19H38O2/c1-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19(20)21-2/h3-18H2,1-2H3

InChI key

HPEUJPJOZXNMSJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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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 stearate is a saturated methyl ester and a representative key molecule of biodiesel fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) produced from vegetable oils. It occurs naturally in clove oil.

Application

Methyl Stearate 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, EP and BP primary standards, where they are available.

Footnote

To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAC1964 in the slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

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WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Methyl Stearate
USP42-NF37
United States Pharmacopeia/National Formulary, 6180-6180 (2013)
Christophe Capallere et al.
Toxicology in vitro : an international journal published in association with BIBRA, 53, 45-56 (2018-07-28)
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