Hexadecanal

CAS Registry Number®

629-80-1

CAS Name

Hexadecanal

Molecular Formula

C16H32O

Molecular Mass

240.42

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Hexadecanal.   CAS Common Chemistry.   CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d.   http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=629-80-1 (retrieved 2024-11-23) (CAS RN: 629-80-1).  Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Compound Properties

  • Boiling Point (1)

    120 °C @ Press: 2 Torr

  • Melting Point (2)

    35 °C

Source(s)

  • (1) Denotes property values from the ZIC/VINITI data file provided by InfoChem.
  • (2) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)

Other Names and Identifiers

InChI

InChI=1S/C16H32O/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17/h16H,2-15H2,1H3

InChIKey

InChIKey=NIOYUNMRJMEDGI-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C(CCCCCCCC)CCCCCCC=O

Canonical SMILES

O=CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

Other Names for this Substance

  • Hexadecanal
  • Palmitaldehyde
  • n-Hexadecan-1-al
  • 1-Hexadecanal
  • n-Hexadecanal

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