CHEBI:84932 - ethyl hexadecanoate

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ChEBI Name ethyl hexadecanoate
ChEBI ID CHEBI:84932
Definition A long-chain fatty acid ethyl ester resulting from the formal condensation of the carboxy group of palmitic acid with the hydroxy group of ethanol.
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Formula C18H36O2
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 284.47720
Monoisotopic Mass 284.27153
InChI InChI=1S/C18H36O2/c1-3-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18(19)20-4-2/h3-17H2,1-2H3
InChIKey XIRNKXNNONJFQO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OCC
Metabolite of Species Details
Cyperus esculentus (NCBI:txid1053340) See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): plant metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
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Outgoing ethyl hexadecanoate (CHEBI:84932) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
ethyl hexadecanoate (CHEBI:84932) is a hexadecanoate ester (CHEBI:25835)
ethyl hexadecanoate (CHEBI:84932) is a long-chain fatty acid ethyl ester (CHEBI:13209)
IUPAC Name
ethyl hexadecanoate
Synonyms Sources
Ethyl cetylate ChemIDplus
ethyl hexadecanoate UniProt
ethyl palmitate ChEBI
Palmitic acid ethyl ester HMDB
WE(2:0/16:0) LIPID MAPS
Manual Xrefs Databases
HMDB0029811 HMDB
LMFA07010471 LIPID MAPS
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1782663 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
628-97-7 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
628-97-7 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
22936608 PubMed citation Europe PMC
24431044 PubMed citation Europe PMC
24794020 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
30 May 2016