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CHEBI:84874 - 14-methylhexadecanoic acid

ChEBI IDCHEBI:84874
ChEBI Name14-methylhexadecanoic acid
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DefinitionA methyl-branched fatty acid that is hexadecanoic acid (palmitic acid) substituted by a methyl group at position 14.
Last Modified23 October 2015
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FormulaC17H34O2
Net Charge0
Average Mass270.457
Monoisotopic Mass270.25588
SMILESCCC(C)CCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O
InChIInChI=1S/C17H34O2/c1-3-16(2)14-12-10-8-6-4-5-7-9-11-13-15-17(18)19/h16H,3-15H2,1-2H3,(H,18,19)
InChIKeyFXUKWLSZZHVEJD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Pinus contorta (ncbitaxon:3339) seed (BTO:0001226) PubMed (9307939)
Cervus nippon (ncbitaxon:9863) - PubMed (15112737) Found in the preorbital glands
Roles Classification
Chemical Role:
Bronsted acid  A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Brønsted base).
Biological Roles:
mammalian metabolite  Any animal metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in mammals.
plant metabolite  Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
14-methylhexadecanoic acid (CHEBI:84874) has functional parent hexadecanoic acid (CHEBI:15756)
14-methylhexadecanoic acid (CHEBI:84874) has role mammalian metabolite (CHEBI:75768)
14-methylhexadecanoic acid (CHEBI:84874) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
14-methylhexadecanoic acid (CHEBI:84874) is a branched-chain saturated fatty acid (CHEBI:39417)
14-methylhexadecanoic acid (CHEBI:84874) is a long-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:15904)
14-methylhexadecanoic acid (CHEBI:84874) is a methyl-branched fatty acid (CHEBI:62499)
IUPAC Name 
14-methylhexadecanoic acid
Synonym  Source
14-methylpalmitic acidChEBI
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Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:1724926Reaxys
CAS:5918-29-6ChemIDplus
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