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Methyl heptadecanoate

certified reference material, TraceCERT®, Manufactured by: Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Switzerland

Synonym(s):

Heptadecanoic acid methyl ester, Methyl margarate

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)15COOCH3
CAS Number:
1731-92-6
Molecular Weight:
284.48
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329769936
EC Number:
217-055-3
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1782681
MDL number:
MFCD00009001

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InChI

1S/C18H36O2/c1-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18(19)20-2/h3-17H2,1-2H3

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC

InChI key

HUEBIMLTDXKIPR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

grade

certified reference material, TraceCERT®

product line

TraceCERT®

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

manufacturer/tradename

Manufactured by: Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Switzerland

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

bp

152-153 °C/0.05 mmHg (lit.)

mp

29.8-30.3 °C (lit.)

application(s)

petroleum

format

neat

storage temp.

2-8°C

Quality Level

300

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General description

This certified reference material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 17034. This CRM is traceable to primary material from an NMI, e.g. NIST or NMIJ.
Certified content by quantitative NMR incl. uncertainty and expiry date are given on the certificate.
Download your certificate at: http://www.sigma-aldrich.com.

Application

Methyl heptadecanoate may be used as an internal standard in the gas chromatographic analysis (GC) of an animal fat like lard. It may also be used as internal standard for the gas chromatographic coupled with mass spectrometric (GC-MS) analysis of algal biomass and oils, used in the production of biodiesel.
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Packaging

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

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Legal Information

TraceCERT is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

flash_point_f

>230.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

> 110.0 °C - closed cup

Certificates of Analysis (COA)

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Optimization of direct conversion of wet algae to biodiesel under supercritical methanol conditions
Patil.DP, et al.
Bioresource Technology, 102, 118-122 (2011)
Optimization of transesterification of animal fat ester using response surface methodology
Jeong T-G, et al.
Bioresource Technology, 100, 25-30 (2009)
Yingyang Zhang et al.
Journal of food science, 79(9), E1695-E1703 (2014-09-13)
The thermal properties of cured meat are important for determining storage life and nutritional quality. However, few studies have focused on the thermal properties of dry-cured pork, particularly in relation to salt level and type. In order to study the
Yuki Kitahara et al.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 78(2), 336-342 (2014-07-19)
Rhodosporidium toruloides is a lipid-producing yeast, the growth of which is severely suppressed when hydrolysates of lignocellulosic biomass are used as carbon source. This is probably due to the toxic substances, such as organic acids, furans, and phenolic compounds produced
Giorgia Purcaro et al.
Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 407(1), 309-319 (2014-09-12)
The potentiality of a multidimensional comprehensive gas chromatographic (GC × GC) method, employing a simultaneous dual detection (FID and mass spectrometer), to generate peculiar two-dimensional chromatograms to be used as a chemical fingerprint, was investigated to characterize minor compounds in edible oil
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