ChEBI: 1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycerol is a 1-acyl-sn-glycerol that has hexadecanoyl (palmitoyl) as the 1-acyl group. It is a 1-acyl-sn-glycerol, a 1-monopalmitoylglycerol and a monoacylglycerol 16:0. It is an enantiomer of a 3-palmitoyl-sn-glycerol.
The stable -form is obtained by crystallisation from EtOH or Skellysolve B, and recrystallisation from Et2O provides the '-form. The -form is obtained on cooling the melt. [Malkin & el Sharbagy J Chem Soc 1631 1936, Chapman J Chem Soc 58 1956, Luton & Jackson J Am Chem Soc 70 2446 1948, Beilstein 2 III 966.]
