Squalene
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| Preferred IUPAC name
(6E,10E,14E,18E)-2,6,10,15,19,23-Hexamethyltetracosa-2,6,10,14,18,22-hexaene[1] | |
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| Beilstein Reference | 1728919 |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.003.479 |
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| MeSH | Squalene |
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CompTox Dashboard (EPA) |
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| Properties | |
| C30H50 | |
| Molar mass | 410.73 g·mol−1 |
| Appearance | Colourless oil |
| Density | 0.858 g·cm−3 |
| Melting point | −5 °C (23 °F; 268 K)[2] |
| Boiling point | 285 °C (545 °F; 558 K) at 3.3 kPa[3] |
| log P | 12.188 |
Refractive index (nD) |
1.4956 (at 20 °C) [4] |
| Viscosity | 12 cP (at 20 °C) |
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| Flash point | 110 °C (230 °F; 383 K) |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
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Squalene is an organic compound with the chemical formula C30H50. It is a triterpene made of six isoprene units linked together. Squalene is used by living things as an ingredient to make sterols, like cholesterol and steroid hormones.
Sources
[change | change source]- ↑ CID 1105 from PubChem
- ↑ Ernst, Josef; Sheldrick, William S.; Fuhrhop, Juergen H. (December 1976). "Crystal structure of squalene". Angewandte Chemie (in German). 88 (24): 851. doi:10.1002/ange.19760882414.
- ↑ Merck Index, 11th Edition, 8727
- ↑ Pabst, Florian; Blochowicz, Thomas (December 2022). "On the intensity of light scattered by molecular liquids - Comparison of experiment and quantum chemical calculations". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 157 (24): 244501. Bibcode:2022JChPh.157x4501P. doi:10.1063/5.0133511. PMID 36586992. S2CID 255032687.
