1-Octacosanol

{{short description|28-carbon primary fatty alcohol}}

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| ImageFile=1-Octacosanol-folded.svg

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| PIN=Octacosan-1-ol

| OtherNames=n-Octacosanol; Octacosyl alcohol; Octanosol; Montanyl alcohol; Cluytyl alcohol

|Section1={{Chembox Identifiers

| KEGG = C08387

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| InChI = 1/C28H58O/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29/h29H,2-28H2,1H3

| InChIKey = CNNRPFQICPFDPO-UHFFFAOYAC

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| StdInChI = 1S/C28H58O/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29/h29H,2-28H2,1H3

| StdInChIKey_Ref = {{stdinchicite|correct|chemspider}}

| StdInChIKey = CNNRPFQICPFDPO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

| CASNo=557-61-9

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| PubChem=68406

| SMILES = OCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

| ChemSpiderID = 61689

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| UNII = 81I2215OVK

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| ChEBI = 28243

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

| MeSHName=1-octacosanol

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|Section2={{Chembox Properties

| C=28 | H=58 | O=1

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| MeltingPtC=83

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1-Octacosanol{{Pronunciation needed|date=December 2023}} (also known as n-octacosanol, octacosyl alcohol, cluytyl{{Pronunciation needed|date=December 2023}} alcohol, montanyl{{Pronunciation needed|date=December 2023}} alcohol) is a straight-chain aliphatic 28-carbon primary fatty alcohol that is common in the epicuticular waxes of plants, including the leaves of many species of Eucalyptus, of most forage and cereal grasses, of Acacia, Trifolium, Pisum and many other legume genera among many others, sometimes as the major wax constituent.EA Baker (1982) Chemistry and morphology of plant epicuticular waxes. pp. 139–165. In "The Plant Cuticle". edited by DF Cutler, KL Alvin and CE Price. Academic Press, London. {{ISBN|0-12-199920-3}} Octacosanol also occurs in wheat germ.{{cite web

|title=Octacosanol

|work=Natural Products (Professional)

|publisher=drugs.com

|url=https://www.drugs.com/npp/octacosanol.html

|quote=isolated from wheat germ oil or other plants

|accessdate=9 July 2009

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|archivedate=3 June 2009

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