Myricyl palmitate

Structural formula
General
Surname	Myricyl palmitate
other names	Triacontyl hexadecanoate Triacontyl palmitate Melissyl palmitate Myricyl palmitate
Molecular formula	C 46 H 92 O 2
External identifiers / databases
CAS number 6027-71-0 EC number 227-895-2 ECHA InfoCard 100.025.359 PubChem 80126 Wikidata Q1956772
properties
Molar mass	677.22 g mol −1
Physical state	firmly
density	0.855 g cm −3 (calculated)
safety instructions
GHS hazard labeling no classification available
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Myricyl palmitate is a chemical compound . It is the ester of palmitic acid with myricyl alcohol .

Occurrence

Myricyl palmitate occurs naturally as the main component (75%) of beeswax .

Extraction and presentation

Myricyl palmitate can be obtained by reacting palmitic acid with myricyl alcohol.

${\displaystyle \mathrm {C_{15}H_{31}COOH+C_{30}H_{61}OH\longrightarrow C_{15}H_{31}COOC_{30}H_{61}+H_{2}O} }$

properties

Myricyl palmitate is a wax and a solid that is insoluble in water.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry on Triacontyl palmitate in the ChemSpider database of the Royal Society of Chemistry , accessed on January 22, 2014.
2. ↑ This substance has either not yet been classified with regard to its hazardousness or a reliable and citable source has not yet been found.
3. ↑ Eberhard Breitmaier, Günther Jung: Organic chemistry . Thieme, Stuttgart, 2005, ISBN 978-3-13-541505-5 ( page 911 in the Google book search).
4. ↑ Peter McDonald, JFD Greenhalgh, CA Morgan: Animal nutrition . Prentice Hall, 2002, ISBN 978-0-582-41906-3 ( page 48 in the Google book search).