Magnesium stearate
CAS Registry Number®
557-04-0
CAS Name
Magnesium stearateMolecular Formula
C18H36O2.1/2MgCite this Page
Magnesium stearate. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=557-04-0 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 557-04-0). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
88 °CDensity (2)
1.028 g/cm³
Source(s)
- (1) International Chemical Safety Cards data were obtained from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (US)
- (2) Hazardous Substances Data Bank data were obtained from the National Library of Medicine (US)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C18H36O2.Mg/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
InChIKey=DKXULEFCEORBJK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(CCCCCCCCCCC)CCCCCC(O)=O.[Mg]
Canonical SMILES
[Mg].O=C(O)CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
Other Names for this Substance
- Octadecanoic acid, magnesium salt (2:1)
- Magnesium stearate
- Stearic acid, magnesium salt
- Octadecanoic acid, magnesium salt
- Dibasic magnesium stearate
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
212132-26-8
