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Preferred IUPAC name
Octacosan-1-ol | |
Other names
n-Octacosanol; Octacosyl alcohol; Octanosol; Montanyl alcohol; Cluytyl alcohol
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.008.348 |
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MeSH | 1-octacosanol |
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CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
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Properties | |
C28H58O | |
Molar mass | 410.771 g·mol−1 |
Melting point | 83 °C (181 °F; 356 K) |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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1-Octacosanol[pronunciation?] (also known as n-octacosanol, octacosyl alcohol, cluytyl[pronunciation?] alcohol, montanyl[pronunciation?] alcohol) is a straight-chain aliphatic 28-carbon primary fatty alcohol that is common in the epicuticular waxes of plants, including the leaves of many species of Eucalyptus, of most forage and cereal grasses, of Acacia, Trifolium, Pisum and many other legume genera among many others, sometimes as the major wax constituent.[1] Octacosanol also occurs in wheat germ.[2]
isolated from wheat germ oil or other plants