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octadecanoic acid

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A C18 straight-chain saturated fatty acid component of many animal and vegetable lipids. As well as in the diet, it is used in hardening soaps, softening plastics and in making cosmetics, candles and plastics.

Term info

Label

octadecanoic acid

Synonyms
  • Octadecanoic acid
  • octadecanoic acid
database cross reference
Subsets

3_STAR

IUPAC NAME
octadecanoic acid [ IUPAC ]

charge

0

formula

C18H36O2

has alternative id

CHEBI:45710, CHEBI:25631

has obo namespace

chebi_ontology

has related synonym

n-octadecanoic acid, acide octadecanoique, STEARIC ACID, stearic acid, Stearinsaeure, C18:0, acide stearique, 18:0, Oktadekansaeure, octadecoic acid, Octadecansaeure, CH3-[CH2]16-COOH

id

CHEBI:28842

inchi

InChI=1S/C18H36O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18(19)20/h2-17H2,1H3,(H,19,20)

inchikey

QIQXTHQIDYTFRH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

mass

284.478

monoisotopicmass

284.27153

smiles

C(CCCCCCCCCC)CCCCCCC(=O)O