Chemical Properties
white powder
Uses
Organic synthesis, plasticizer, intermediates,
perfume fixatives, soaps and cosmetics, manufacture of wetting agents and detergents.
Definition
ChEBI: A long-chain fatty alcohol that is heptadecane in which one of the terminal methyl hydrogens is replaced by a hydroxy group.
General Description
The polymorphism of 1-heptadecanol was studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray powder diffraction, Raman scattering and infrared spectroscopy (IR).
Purification Methods
Crystallise it from acetone. [Beilstein 1 IV 1884.]