Structure Database (LMSD)

Common Name
Palmitic acid
Systematic Name
hexadecanoic acid
Synonyms
  • Cetylic acid
  • Palmitate
  • n-Hexadecanoic acid
  • C16:0
  • Aethalic acid
LM ID
LMFA01010001
Status
Active
Exact Mass
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256.24023
Formula
C16H32O2
Abbrev
FA 16:0
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Classification

Category
Main Class
Sub Class
Fatty Acyls [FA]
Fatty Acids and Conjugates [FA01]
Straight chain fatty acids [FA0101]

String Representations

InChiKey (Click to copy)
IPCSVZSSVZVIGE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChi (Click to copy)
InChI=1S/C16H32O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16(17)18/h2-15H2,1H3,(H,17,18)
SMILES (Click to copy)
OC(CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC)=O

References

Taxonomy Information

Curated from
NCBI taxonomy class
Reference
Homo sapiens (#9606)
Mammalia (#40674)
Lipidomics reveals a remarkable diversity of lipids in human plasma,
J Lipid Res, 2010
Pubmed ID: 20671299

Other Databases

Wikipedia
Palmitic_acid
KEGG ID
C00249
HMDB ID
HMDB0000220
CHEBI ID
15756
LIPIDBANK ID
DFA0016
PubChem CID
985
PlantFA ID
10046
SwissLipids ID
SLM:000000510
Cayman ID
30380

Calculated Physicochemical Properties

Heavy Atoms 18
Rings 0
Aromatic Rings 0
Rotatable Bonds 14
Van der Waals Molecular Volume 300.30
Topological Polar Surface Area 37.30
Hydrogen Bond Donors 1
Hydrogen Bond Acceptors 2
logP 5.55
Molar Refractivity 77.95

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