15-Hydroxypentadecanoic acid

Product Description

• Linear Formula: Ho(Ch2)14Co2H
• Molecular Weight: 258.40
• Cas Number: 4617-33-8

• Assay   :    97%
• Mp    :   85-89 C(Lit.)

Description  Packaging

5 G In Glass Bottle

Application

 15-Hydroxypentadecanoic Acid Is Suitable Reagent Used In The Following Studies:      

As An Internal Standard In The Quantification Of Formation Of 11-Hydroxylauric Acid By Gas Chromatography.[4]
In The Synthesis Of [16-14C]16Dca (Dca= Dicarboxylic Acid) By One-Carbon Elongation Procedure At C15.[3]
As An Internal Standard For The Normalization Of Intensities In The Mass Spectra Of Plant Cutin Polymer.[1]

 It May Be Used In The Synthesis Of 5-Pentadecanolide On Dealuminated Hy Zeolite[6] And Also Fatty Acid Analog Of Podophyllotoxin.[2]

General Description

15-Hydroxypentadecanoic Acid Is An -Hydroxy Acid. One Of The Method Reported For Its Synthesis Is From 1,12-Dodecanolide.[5] It Is Reported To Be One Of The Bioactive Component In Tagetes Erecta L. Leaf And Flower Extract.[7]

15-Hydroxypentadecanoic Acid Undergoes Lactonization Reaction Catalyzed By Mucor Javanicus L46 And Mucor Miehei To Afford Macrocyclic Mono- And Oligolactone Derivatives.[8] Its Lipase-Catalyzed Synthesis From 15-Tetracosenoic Acid In Malania Olcifera Chum Oil Has Been Proposed. It Also Participates In The Biosynthesis Of Pentadecanolide.[9]