Phytanic acid
CAS Registry Number®
14721-66-5
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CAS Name
Phytanic acidMolecular Formula
C20H40O2Molecular Mass
312.53Cite this Page
Phytanic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=14721-66-5 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 14721-66-5). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Boiling Point (1)
221 °C @ Press: 7.5 TorrMelting Point (2)
<-10 °CDensity (1)
0.8761 g/cm³ @ Temp: 20 °C
Source(s)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C20H40O2/c1-16(2)9-6-10-17(3)11-7-12-18(4)13-8-14-19(5)15-20(21)22/h16-19H,6-15H2,1-5H3,(H,21,22)
InChIKey
InChIKey=RLCKHJSFHOZMDR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(C(CCCC(CCCC(C)C)C)C)CCC(CC(O)=O)C
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)CC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)C
Other Names for this Substance
- Hexadecanoic acid, 3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-
- Phytanic acid
- 3,7,11,15-Tetramethylhexadecanoic acid
- Phytanoic acid
- NSC 108698
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
2258-05-1, 18717-98-1
