White or Colorless to Yellow powder to lump to clear liquid.
colourless liquid, may discolour in light
1-Iodohexadecane, is used as an ionic liquid for electrochemical applications. It is also used in detection methods as primer and probe design instrumentation applications guide in qPCR Technic.
1-Iodohexadecane was used in the synthesis of alkyl immidazolium surfactants, 1-hexadecyl-imidazolium (Imm-C16) and dihexadecyl-imidazolium (Imm-2C16). It was also used in the chemical synthesis of 1-O-hexadecyl dihydroxyacetone-3-phosphate.