(-)-2-[(S)-1-O,2-O-Dioctadecyl-D-glycero-3-phospho]ethylamine

18:0 Diether PC or 1,2-di-O-octadecyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine might be used:

• as a nonhydrolizable ether lipid in calcein-containing vesicles for calcein encapsulation
• to prepare ether-linked phospholipid bilayer membrane for examining its thermotropic and barotropic phase transitions
• as a component of internal standard mixture for lipid extraction from plasma sample using mass spectromety

18:0 Diether PC (phosphocholine) is a class of glycerophospholipids that has two octadecane chains attached to the sn-1 and sn-2 positions of the glycerol backbone by ether bonds. It has choline as the alcohol moiety, attached to the phosphate group.