cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CHEBI:53581)

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ChEBI Name	cetyltrimethylammonium chloride

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:53581

Definition	The organic chloride salt of cetyltrimethylammonium.

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Formula

C19H42ClN

Net Charge

Average Mass

319.99600

Monoisotopic Mass

319.30058

InChI

InChI=1S/C19H42N.ClH/c1-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20(2,3)4;/h5-19H2,1-4H3;1H/q+1;/p-1

InChIKey

WOWHHFRSBJGXCM-UHFFFAOYSA-M

SMILES

[Cl-].CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC[N+](C)(C)C

Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	surfactant A substance which lowers the surface tension of the medium in which it is dissolved, and/or the interfacial tension with other phases, and, accordingly, is positively adsorbed at the liquid/vapour and/or at other interfaces.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CHEBI:53581) has part cetyltrimethylammonium ion (CHEBI:39561) cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CHEBI:53581) has role surfactant (CHEBI:35195) cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CHEBI:53581) is a organic chloride salt (CHEBI:36094) cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CHEBI:53581) is a quaternary ammonium salt (CHEBI:35273)

IUPAC Name

N,N,N-trimethylhexadecan-1-aminium chloride

Synonyms	Sources
Arquad 16-50	ChemIDplus
Cetrimonium chloride	ChemIDplus
Cetyl trimethyl ammonium chloride	ChemIDplus
cetyl(trimethyl)ammonium chloride	ChEBI
CTAC	ChEBI
hexadecyl(trimethyl)ammonium chloride	ChEBI
N,N,N-Trimethyl-1-hexadecanaminium chloride	ChemIDplus
Palmityltrimethylammonium chloride	ChemIDplus
Trimethylcetylammonium chloride	ChemIDplus
Trimethylhexadecylammonium chloride	ChemIDplus

Last Modified

11 September 2013