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CHEBI:70850 - isoheptadecanoic acid

ChEBI IDCHEBI:70850
ChEBI Nameisoheptadecanoic acid
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DefinitionA branched-chain saturated fatty acid comprising hexadecanoic (palmitic) acid substituted at position 15 by a methyl group.
Last Modified24 July 2025
SubmitterSteve
DownloadsMolfile
FormulaC17H34O2
Net Charge0
Average Mass270.457
Monoisotopic Mass270.25588
SMILESCC(C)CCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O
InChIInChI=1S/C17H34O2/c1-16(2)14-12-10-8-6-4-3-5-7-9-11-13-15-17(18)19/h16H,3-15H2,1-2H3,(H,18,19)
InChIKeyIIUXHTGBZYEGHI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Roles Classification
Chemical Role:
Bronsted acid  A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Brønsted base).
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
isoheptadecanoic acid (CHEBI:70850) is a branched-chain saturated fatty acid (CHEBI:39417)
isoheptadecanoic acid (CHEBI:70850) is a long-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:15904)
isoheptadecanoic acid (CHEBI:70850) is a methyl-branched fatty acid (CHEBI:62499)
isoheptadecanoic acid (CHEBI:70850) is conjugate acid of isoheptadecanoate (CHEBI:70838)
Incoming Relation(s)
isoheptadecanoyl-CoA (CHEBI:71540) has functional parent isoheptadecanoic acid (CHEBI:70850)
thermozeaxanthin-17 (CHEBI:80207) has functional parent isoheptadecanoic acid (CHEBI:70850)
ω-hydroxy-15-methylpalmitic acid (CHEBI:84939) has functional parent isoheptadecanoic acid (CHEBI:70850)
isoheptadecanoate (CHEBI:70838) is conjugate base of isoheptadecanoic acid (CHEBI:70850)
IUPAC Name 
15-methylhexadecanoic acid
Synonyms  Source
15-methylpalmitic acidChEBI
15-methyl palmitic acidLIPID MAPS
isomargaric acidChEBI
C17:0 (iso)ChEBI
iso-margaric acidChEBI
15-methyl hexadecanoic acidChemIDplus
Manual XrefsDatabases
LMFA01020012LIPID MAPS
US2008214666Patent
US7109364Patent
EP2143705Patent
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:1781002Reaxys
CAS:1603-03-8ChemIDplus
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