EMBL-EBI | Chemical Biology | ChEBI

Example searches: iron*, InChI=1S/CH4O/c1-2/h2H,1H3, caffeine | Advanced Search

CHEBI:75584 - palmityl palmitate

ChEBI IDCHEBI:75584
ChEBI Namepalmityl palmitate
Stars
DefinitionA palmitate ester resulting from the formal condensation of palmitic acid with palmityl alcohol. It is used as a thickener and emollient in cosmetics.
Last Modified7 August 2025
Submitterlaimo
DownloadsMolfile
FormulaC32H64O2
Net Charge0
Average Mass480.862
Monoisotopic Mass480.49063
SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCOC(=O)CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
InChIInChI=1S/C32H64O2/c1-3-5-7-9-11-13-15-17-19-21-23-25-27-29-31-34-32(33)30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2/h3-31H2,1-2H3
InChIKeyPXDJXZJSCPSGGI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Wikipedia
Roles Classification
Biological Role:
metabolite  Any intermediate or product resulting from metabolism. The term 'metabolite' subsumes the classes commonly known as primary and secondary metabolites.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
palmityl palmitate (CHEBI:75584) has functional parent hexadecan-1-ol (CHEBI:16125)
palmityl palmitate (CHEBI:75584) has role metabolite (CHEBI:25212)
palmityl palmitate (CHEBI:75584) is a hexadecanoate ester (CHEBI:25835)
IUPAC Name 
hexadecyl palmitate
Synonyms  Source
WE(16:0/16:0)LIPID MAPS
hexadecanyl hexadecanoateMetaCyc
n-hexadecyl hexadecanoateChemIDplus
hexadecanoic acid, hexadecyl esterChemIDplus
cetyl palmitateChemIDplus
palmitic acid palmityl esterChEBI
UniProt Name  Source
hexadecyl hexadecanoateUniProt
Manual XrefsDatabases
LMFA07010001LIPID MAPS
D08888KEGG DRUG
Cetyl_palmitateWikipedia
CPD-14317MetaCyc
US3169099Patent
C13821KEGG COMPOUND
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:1805188Reaxys
CAS:540-10-3ChemIDplus
CAS:540-10-3NIST Chemistry WebBook
Citations