1-docosanol

Structural formula
General
Surname	1-docosanol
other names	Behenyl alcohol BEHENYL ALCOHOL ( INCI )
Molecular formula	C 22 H 46 O
Brief description	white solid
External identifiers / databases
CAS number 661-19-8 EC number 211-546-6 ECHA InfoCard 100.010.498 PubChem 12620 ChemSpider 12100 DrugBank DB00632 Wikidata Q3033497
Drug information
ATC code	D06 BB11
properties
Molar mass	326.60 g mol −1
Physical state	firmly
density	0.8063 g cm −3 (75 ° C)
Melting point	65-72 ° C
boiling point	180 ° C (0.29 hPa)
solubility	almost insoluble in water easily soluble in ethanol, methanol and ether
safety instructions
Please note the exemption from the labeling requirement for drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, food and animal feed GHS labeling of hazardous substances no GHS pictograms H and P phrases H: no H-phrases P: no P-phrases
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

1-Docosanol is a chemical compound from the group of fatty alcohols .

Occurrence

1-Docosanol was isolated from Clematis brevicaudata .

Extraction and presentation

1-Docosanol can be obtained by reducing behenic acid with lithium aluminum hydride .

properties

1-Docosanol is a white solid that is insoluble in water.

use

1-Docosanol can be used to synthesize a number of amphiphilic dendrimers . It is also used as an active ingredient from the group of antivirals for the external treatment of cold sores (herpes).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry on BEHENYL ALCOHOL in the CosIng database of the EU Commission, accessed on May 26, 2020.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Data sheet 1-Docosanol, 98% from Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on May 6, 2015 ( PDF ).
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Entry on 1-docosanol in the Hazardous Substances Data Bank , accessed on May 6, 2015.
4. ↑ DT Leung, SL Sacks: Docosanol: a topical antiviral for herpes labialis. In: Expert Opin Pharmacother . 5, 2004, pp. 2567-2571, PMID 15571473 .