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Ascorbic acid 6-palmitate

Name: Ascorbic acid 6-palmitate
Brand: SIAL

meets USP testing specifications

Synonym(s):

6-O-Palmitoyl-L-ascorbic acid, L-Ascorbic acid 6-hexadecanoate, L-Ascorbyl palmitate, Ascorbic acid 6-palmitate, NSC 402451

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):

C₂₂H₃₈O₇

CAS Number:

137-66-6

Molecular Weight:

414.53

UNSPSC Code:

12352205

NACRES:

NA.21

PubChem Substance ID:

24890608

EC Number:

205-305-4

Beilstein/REAXYS Number:

96552

MDL number:

MFCD00005377

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Properties

biological source

synthetic

Quality Segment

200

agency

USP/NF, meets USP testing specifications

assay

95.0-100.5%

form

powder

color

light yellow

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC[C@H](O)[C@H]1OC(=O)C(O)=C1O

InChI

1S/C22H38O7/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-18(24)28-16-17(23)21-19(25)20(26)22(27)29-21/h17,21,23,25-26H,2-16H2,1H3/t17-,21+/m0/s1

InChI key

QAQJMLQRFWZOBN-LAUBAEHRSA-N

Description

General description

Ascorbic acid 6-palmitate/L-Ascorbyl 6-palmitate (AP) is a derivative of a synthetic lipophilic ascorbic acid.

Biochem/physiol Actions

L-Ascorbyl 6-palmitate (AP) is used as preservative in foods. In mice, AP works as a dietary antitumor promoter.

pictograms

GHS07

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Warning

hcodes

H319

pcodes

P264 - P280 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P337 + P313

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

flash_point_f

Not applicable

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