ChEBI: A 1-acyl-2-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphate in which the 1-acyl group is also hexadecanoyl.
Purification Methods
Recrystallise the acid from Me2CO at low temperature. At 21o it is soluble in *C6H6 (4.2%), pet ether (0.01%), MeOH (2%), EtOH (2.5%), AcOH (1.3%), Me2CO (1.76%), and Et2O (1.5%). [Baer J Biol Chem 189 235 1951.]
