Compound
tetradecyl tetradecanoate
A tetradecanoate ester (myristate ester) resulting from the formal condensation of the carboxy group of tetradecanoic acid (myristic acid) with the hydroxy group of tetradecan-1-ol (myristyl alcohol). Used as an emollient.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:138721), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
Structure
No three-dimensional record for this entry.
- Class
- Organic compound
- Formula
- C28H56O2
- Mass
- 424.754 g/mol
- Charge
- 0
- InChIKey
- DZKXJUASMGQEMA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCOC(=O)CCCCCCCCCCCCC
- Look it up
- ChEBIBy InChIKey
Identity from ChEBI. Not evidence.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
1 entity
1 entities reached.
0 reported hops1 assembled from the scaffold
What the reference databases state
Chemical structure
- tetradecyl tetradecanoate has the functional parent tetradecan-1-olCompoundChEBI CHEBI:138721Inferred only
Statements
1 statement
1 statement · 1 reference database · Subject: tetradecyl tetradecanoate · Sources: Rhea
- tetradecyl tetradecanoate is a substrate of AWAT2ProteinRhea RHEA:55288Inferred only
Reactions
1 reaction
tetradecan-1-ol+tetradecanoyl-CoAtetradecyl tetradecanoate+coenzyme A(4-)
Catalysed by AWAT2
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:55288CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
12 names
Resolves to: tetradecyl tetradecanoate
- Also called
- 14:0-14:0Alcmyristyl myristatemyristyl tetradecanoatetetradecanyl tetradecanoatetetradecyl myristateWE 28:0WE(14:0/14:0)
- Sold as
- Ceraphyl 424Cetiol MMCrodamol MMCyclochem MMLiponate MM