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CHEBI:84059 - octyl palmitate

ChEBI IDCHEBI:84059
ChEBI Nameoctyl palmitate
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DefinitionA palmitate ester resulting from the formal condensation of the carboxy group of palmitic acid with the hydroxy group of octan-1-ol.
Last Modified7 August 2025
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FormulaC24H48O2
Net Charge0
Average Mass368.646
Monoisotopic Mass368.36543
SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OCCCCCCCC
InChIInChI=1S/C24H48O2/c1-3-5-7-9-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-20-22-24(25)26-23-21-19-10-8-6-4-2/h3-23H2,1-2H3
InChIKeyOQILCOQZDHPEAZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (ncbitaxon:1773) - PubMed (15070765)
Roles Classification
Biological Role:
bacterial metabolite  Any prokaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in bacteria.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
octyl palmitate (CHEBI:84059) has functional parent octan-1-ol (CHEBI:16188)
octyl palmitate (CHEBI:84059) has role bacterial metabolite (CHEBI:76969)
octyl palmitate (CHEBI:84059) is a hexadecanoate ester (CHEBI:25835)
octyl palmitate (CHEBI:84059) is a wax ester (CHEBI:10036)
IUPAC Name 
octyl hexadecanoate
Synonym  Source
Hexadecanoic acid, octyl esterChemIDplus
UniProt Name  Source
octyl hexadecanoateUniProt
Manual XrefsDatabases
NZ518030Patent
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:1796605Reaxys
CAS:16958-85-3ChemIDplus
CAS:16958-85-3NIST Chemistry WebBook
Citations