Compound
2-hydroxyhexadecyl hexadecanoate
A palmitate ester resulting from the formal condensation of palmitic acid with 1,2-hexadecandiol.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:75587), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
CHEBI:75587ChEBI
Structure
No three-dimensional record for this entry.
- Class
- Organic compound
- Formula
- C32H64O3
- Mass
- 496.861 g/mol
- Charge
- 0
- InChIKey
- QQWGYOFOZDNGPY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OCC(O)CCCCCCCCCCCCCC
- Look it up
- ChEBIBy InChIKey
Identity from ChEBI. Not evidence.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
2 entities
2 entities reached.
0 reported hops2 assembled from the scaffold
What the reference databases state
Chemical structure
- 2-hydroxyhexadecyl hexadecanoate has the functional parent hexadecane-1,2-diolCompoundChEBI CHEBI:75587Inferred only
Statements
2 statements
2 statements · 1 reference database · Subject: 2-hydroxyhexadecyl hexadecanoate · Sources: Rhea
- 2-hydroxyhexadecyl hexadecanoate is a substrate of AWAT2ProteinRhea RHEA:38171Inferred only
- 2-hydroxyhexadecyl hexadecanoate is a substrate of DGAT1ProteinRhea RHEA:38171Inferred only
Reactions
1 reaction
hexadecane-1,2-diol+hexadecanoyl-CoA2-hydroxyhexadecyl hexadecanoate+coenzyme A(4-)
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:38171CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
4 names
Resolves to: 2-hydroxyhexadecyl hexadecanoate
- Also called
- 1-O-2-hydroxyhexadecyl hexadecanoate2-hydroxycetyl palmitatehexadecanoic acid, 2-hydroxyhexadecyl ester
- Systematic name
- 2-hydroxyhexadecyl palmitate