1-Hexacosanol

{{short description|Primary alcohol with formula C26H54O}}

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| ImageFile = Hexacosanol Structural Formula V1.svg

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| PIN = Hexacosan-1-ol

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|Section1={{Chembox Identifiers

| KEGG_Ref = {{keggcite|correct|kegg}}

| KEGG = C08381

| InChI = 1/C26H54O/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27/h27H,2-26H2,1H3

| InChIKey = IRHTZOCLLONTOC-UHFFFAOYAD

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| StdInChI = 1S/C26H54O/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27/h27H,2-26H2,1H3

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| StdInChIKey = IRHTZOCLLONTOC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

| CASNo_Ref = {{cascite|changed|??}}

| CASNo =506-52-5

| PubChem =68171

| EC_number = 208-044-4

| Beilstein = 1783162

| SMILES = OCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

| MeSHName =1-hexacosanol

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| UNII_Ref = {{fdacite|correct|FDA}}

| UNII = M7SD300NNB

| ChEBI_Ref = {{ebicite|correct|EBI}}

| ChEBI = 28415

| ChemSpiderID =61478

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|Section2={{Chembox Properties

| C=26 | H=54 | O=1

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| MeltingPtC = 79 to 81

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| BoilingPtC = 240

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1-Hexacosanol {{IPAc-en|ˌ|h|ɛ|k|s|ᵻ|ˈ|k|ɒ|s|ᵻ|n|ɒ|l}}, also known as ceryl alcohol, is a saturated primary fatty alcohol with a carbon chain length of 26 that is a white waxy solid at room temperature. It is freely soluble in chloroform and insoluble in water. It occurs naturally in the epicuticular wax and plant cuticle of many plant species.{{cite book | author = Baker, EA | date = 1982 | chapter = Chemistry and morphology of plant epicuticular waxes | title = The Plant Cuticle | editor1 = DJ Cutler |editor2=KL Alvin |editor3=CE Price | publisher = Academic Press | location = London | pages = 139–165 }}