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P6250

Methyl pentadecanoate

≥98.5%

Synonym(s):

Pentadecanoic acid methyl ester

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)13CO2CH3
CAS Number:
7132-64-1
Molecular Weight:
256.42
UNSPSC Code:
12352211
NACRES:
NA.25
PubChem Substance ID:
24898733
EC Number:
230-430-6
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1776383
MDL number:
MFCD00008989

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Product Name

Methyl pentadecanoate, ≥98.5%

InChI key

XIUXKAZJZFLLDQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C16H32O2/c1-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16(17)18-2/h3-15H2,1-2H3

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC

assay

≥98.5%

form

liquid

refractive index

n20/D 1.438 (lit.)

bp

141-142 °C/3 mmHg (lit.)

mp

18-19 °C (lit.)

density

0.862 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

ester

lipid type

saturated FAs

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

room temp

Quality Level

200

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pictograms

Corrosion
GHS05

signalword

Danger

hcodes

H318

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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BCCM6293
BCCK2812
BCCG0147
BCCC7138

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Martta Asikainen et al.
Bioresource technology, 191, 300-305 (2015-05-26)
Bio-based fuels are becoming more and more important due to the depleting fossil resources. The production of biodiesel from algae oil is challenging compared to terrestrial vegetable oils, as algae oil consists of polar fatty acids, such as phospholipids and
Tao Dong et al.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 99(23), 10237-10247 (2015-08-16)
Accurate determination of fatty acid contents is routinely required in microalgal and yeast biofuel studies. A method of rapid in situ fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) derivatization directly from wet fresh microalgal and yeast biomass was developed in this study.
Oier Aizpurua-Olaizola et al.
Journal of food science, 80(1), E101-E107 (2014-12-05)
In this study, supercritical fluid extraction has been successfully applied to a sequential fractionation of fatty acids and polyphenols from wine wastes (2 different vitis vinifera grapes). To this aim, in a 1st step just fatty acids were extracted and

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