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Description
Cis-13-Docosenoamide is also known as Erucamide or Erucylamide. It is in the form of white flakes or beads. It is soluble in isopropanol, slightly soluble in alcohol and acetone.1 In industry, cis-13-docosenoamide is used in the formulations of anti-adhesive agents, lubricants, and lubricant additives to reduce their friction coefficient and to make films easier to handle.2 It is used as a standard to determine fatty acid amides in polyethylene packaging film by GC/MS.3
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Reference
- B. van Lierop, L. Castle, A. Feigenbaum, A. Boenke, Spetra for the Identification of Additives in Food Packaging, 1998, ISBN 0-7923-4986-5
- https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Erucylamide#section=Use-and-Manufacturing
- https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/aldrich/280577?lang=de®ion=DE
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Description
13-Docosenamide is the amide of docosenoic acid. It was first identified in the cerebrospinal fluid of sleep-deprived cats. It has also been detected in the cerebrospinal fluid of rats and humans.1 13-Docosenamide causes reduced mobility and slightly lessened awareness in rats, whereas 9-octadecenamide induces physiological sleep.
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Chemical Properties
Solid. Soluble in isopropanol; slightly soluble in
alcohol and acetone. Combustible.
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Uses
13-Docosenamide is the amide of docosenoic acid. It was first identified in the cerebrospinal fluid of sleep-deprived cats. It has also been detected in the cerebrospinal fluid of rats and humans. 13-Docosenamide causes reduced mobility and slightly lessened awareness in rats, whereas 9-octadecenamide induces physiological sleep.[Cayman Chemical]
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Uses
Plastic additive 21 is a plasticizer; used in preparation of natural mineral modified degradable polymer flame-retardant composite material.
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General Description
Erucamide is a migratory additive that is commonly placed in polyolefin films to reduce their coefficient of friction (COF), a good attribute for high speed packaging operations.
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References
1) Li et al. (2017), Antidepressant and anxiolytic-like behavioral effects of erucamide, a bioactive fatty acid amide, involving the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis in mice; Neurosci. Lett. 640 6
