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Melissic acid

≥98%

Synonym(s):

Triacontanoic acid

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)28COOH
CAS Number:
506-50-3
Molecular Weight:
452.80
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24848187
EC Number:
208-042-3
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1803689
MDL number:
MFCD00002813

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Product Name

Melissic acid, ≥98%

InChI key

VHOCUJPBKOZGJD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C30H60O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30(31)32/h2-29H2,1H3,(H,31,32)

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(O)=O

assay

≥98%

form

powder

mp

92-94 °C (lit.)

solubility

chloroform: soluble 25 mg/mL, clear, colorless to faintly yellow

functional group

carboxylic acid

Quality Level

200

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Application

Melissic acid was used in a study on identification and determination of very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid in freshwater crustacean species Bathynella natans.

General description

Melissic acid is isolated from the pericarp of Trichosanthes rosthornii.

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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Studies on the Chemical Constituents of the Pericarp of Trichosanthes rosthornii Harms [J].
Zhimao C and Jingming L.
Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi = Zhongguo zhongYao ZaZhi = China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica, 2, 15-15 (1991)
Tetratriacontanonaenoic acid, first natural acid with nine double bonds isolated from a crustacean Bathynella natans.
Rezanka T and Dembitsky VM.
Tetrahedron, 60(19), 4261-4264 (2004)
Maria Winterfeld et al.
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The majority of atmospheric compounds measured in ice cores are inorganic, while analysis of their organic counterparts is a less well developed field. In recent years, understanding of formation, transport pathways and preservation of these compounds in ice and snow

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