Compound
hexadecyl hexadecanoate
A palmitate ester resulting from the formal condensation of palmitic acid with palmityl alcohol. It is used as a thickener and emollient in cosmetics.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:75584), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
CHEBI:75584ChEBI
Structure
No three-dimensional record for this entry.
- Class
- Organic compound
- Formula
- C32H64O2
- Mass
- 480.862 g/mol
- Charge
- 0
- InChIKey
- PXDJXZJSCPSGGI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCOC(=O)CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
- Look it up
- ChEBIBy InChIKey
Identity from ChEBI. Not evidence.
What the reference databases state
Chemical structure
- hexadecyl hexadecanoate has the functional parent hexadecan-1-olCompoundChEBI CHEBI:75584Inferred only
Reactions
1 reaction
hexadecan-1-ol+hexadecanoyl-CoAhexadecyl hexadecanoate+coenzyme A(4-)
Catalysed by DGAT1 or AWAT1 or AWAT2
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:38167CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
12 names
Resolves to: hexadecyl hexadecanoate
- Also called
- 1-O-hexadecyl hexadecanoatecetyl palmitatehexadecanoic acid, hexadecyl esterhexadecanyl hexadecanoaten-hexadecanyl palmitaten-hexadecyl hexadecanoatepalmitic acid palmityl esterpalmitic acid, cetyl esterPalmityl palmitateWE 32:0WE(16:0/16:0)
- Systematic name
- hexadecyl palmitate