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Stearyl stearate

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

Stearic acid stearyl ester

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)16COO(CH2)17CH3
CAS Number:
2778-96-3
Molecular Weight:
536.96
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329757166
EC Number:
220-476-5
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1807499
MDL number:
MFCD00056225

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Product Name

Stearyl stearate, analytical standard

InChI key

NKBWPOSQERPBFI-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C36H72O2/c1-3-5-7-9-11-13-15-17-19-21-23-25-27-29-31-33-35-38-36(37)34-32-30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2/h3-35H2,1-2H3

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCOC(=O)CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

grade

analytical standard

assay

≥98% (GC)

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

format

neat

functional group

ester

storage temp.

room temp

Quality Level

100

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Application

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Stearyl stearate may be used as a model lipid to stain contact lenses in evaluating the lipid-degrading ability of the cholesterol esterase enzyme produced from Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

General description

Stearyl stearate is the ester of stearic acid and 1-octadecanol.

Other Notes

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

nwg

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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Certificates of Analysis (COA)

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BCCB9988
BCBX0269
BCBS3648V

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Purification and characterization of a novel cholesterol esterase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, with its application to cleaning lipid-stained contact lenses.
Sugihara A.
Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 66(11), 2347-2355 (2002)
Derivatisation using m-(trifluoromethyl) phenyltrimethylammonium hydroxide of organic materials in artworks for analysis by gas chromatography?mass spectrometry: unusual reaction products with alcohols.
Sutherland K.
Journal of Chromatography A, 1149(1), 30-37 (2007)
Dorothy M Duffy et al.
Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 20(18), 7630-7636 (2004-08-25)
Living organisms can control the size, shape, and structure of minerals. Attempts to reproduce this biological control in the laboratory often use Langmuir monolayers of long-chain carboxylic acids. We use large-scale molecular dynamics simulations to calculate the interfacial energies of
K Maeda et al.
Journal of chromatography, 221(2), 199-204 (1980-12-12)
A gas chromatographic--mass spectrometric analysis was used to separate and identify abnormal compounds in the nail of psoriatic patients. The nail was extracted with heated ethanol, and the extract was analyzed with and without trimethylsilylation. Tetradecanoic acid octadecyl ester, hexadecanoic

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