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442784

Squalane

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

2,6,10,15,19,23-Hexamethyltetracosane, Cosbiol, Perhydrosqualene, Robane

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Linear Formula:
[(CH3)2CH(CH2)3CH(CH3)(CH2)3CH(CH3)CH2CH2-]2
CAS Number:
111-01-3
Molecular Weight:
422.81
PubChem Substance ID:
24868014
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
776019
MDL number:
MFCD00008953

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Product Name

Squalane, analytical standard

SMILES string

CC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)C

InChI

1S/C30H62/c1-25(2)15-11-19-29(7)23-13-21-27(5)17-9-10-18-28(6)22-14-24-30(8)20-12-16-26(3)4/h25-30H,9-24H2,1-8H3

InChI key

PRAKJMSDJKAYCZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

grade

analytical standard

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

packaging

ampule of 1000 mg

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

refractive index

n20/D 1.452 (lit.)

bp

176 °C/0.05 mmHg (lit.)

mp

−38 °C (lit.)

density

0.81 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

environmental
food and beverages

format

neat

storage temp.

room temp

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Other Notes

Product 442784 has been discontinued. Product PHR1417 may be an acceptable replacement.

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

424.4 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

218 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
LC19180V
LC16812V
LC12544V
LC03266V
LB97354V

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Biological importance and applications of squalene and squalane.
Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, 65(2-3), 223-233 (2012)
Squalane is in the midplane of the lipid bilayer: implications for its function as a proton permeability barrier.
Hau? T, et al.
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, 1556(2-3), 149-154 (2002)
Brian K Radak et al.
The journal of physical chemistry. A, 113(26), 7218-7226 (2009-03-28)
To better understand the reactivity of gases with liquid surfaces, experimentalists have recently probed the reactive scattering of atomic fluorine at the surface of liquid squalane (C(30)H(62)). In this paper we further this research by simulating this scattering process at
Federica Camin et al.
Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM, 24(12), 1810-1816 (2010-05-26)
Squalene and its hydrogenated derivate squalane are widely used in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic fields. The two compounds are mainly produced from the liver oil of deep sea sharks and from olive oil distillates. Squalene and squalane from shark cost
Yueying Ren et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1155(1), 105-111 (2007-05-01)
A novel approach is described for the prediction of gas chromatographic Kováts retention indices of 150 acyclic C5-C8 alkenes on two stationary phases (polydimethylsiloxane, PDMS, and squalane, SQ). The heuristic method was used to build multiple linear regression models using
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