Heneicosanoic acid methyl ester is an ester form of heneicosanoic acid . It has been used as an internal standard in the quantification of fatty acids in dairy products and fatty acid methyl esters in fish by GC-MS.
White wax-like solid. Insoluble in water; soluble inalcohol and ether. Combustible.
Intermediate in organic synthesis.
Methyl Heneicosanoate is a related compound of Heneicosanoic Acid (H245760), a long chain fatty acid used by S.epidermidis for lipopeptide production. Environmental contaminants; food contaminants.
Methyl heneicosanoate can find applications as an internal standard in the quantitative determination of fatty acids and their isomers composition using gas chromatography method of analysis (GC).
Themethyl ester of heneicosanoic acid.
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