Pentaethylene glycol monododecyl ether

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|Reference=[http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/search/ProductDetail/SIGMA/P8550 Pentaethylene glycol monododecyl ether] at Sigma-Aldrich

|ImageFile=C12E5.png

|ImageSize=250px

|PIN=3,6,9,12,15-Tetraoxaheptacosan-1-ol

|OtherNames=Dodecylpentaglycol
Laureth-5

|Section1= {{Chembox Identifiers

| Abbreviations=C12E5

| ChemSpiderID_Ref = {{chemspidercite|correct|chemspider}}

| ChemSpiderID = 17268

| ChEBI_Ref = {{ebicite|changed|EBI}}

| ChEBI = 91323

| InChI = 1/C22H46O6/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-13-24-15-17-26-19-21-28-22-20-27-18-16-25-14-12-23/h23H,2-22H2,1H3

| InChIKey = LAPRIVJANDLWOK-UHFFFAOYAV

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| StdInChI = 1S/C22H46O6/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-13-24-15-17-26-19-21-28-22-20-27-18-16-25-14-12-23/h23H,2-22H2,1H3

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| StdInChIKey = LAPRIVJANDLWOK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

| CASNo_Ref = {{cascite|correct|CAS}}

| CASNo=3055-95-6

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

| UNII = Q9F4A7XYE8

| PubChem=18281

| SMILES = O(CCO)CCOCCOCCOCCOCCCCCCCCCCCC

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|Section2= {{Chembox Properties

| Formula=C₂₂H₄₆O₆

| MolarMass=406.59704

| Appearance=

| Density=0.963 g/mL at 20 °C

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| CMC =7×10⁻⁵ M at 25 °C.{{cite journal

|author1=Kyoko Shinzawa-ltoh |author2=Hidefumi Ueda |author3=Shinya Yoshikawa |author4=Hiroshi Aoyama |author5=Eiki Yamashita |author6=Tomitake Tsukihara |name-list-style=amp |journal = J. Mol. Biol.

|title = Effects of Ethyleneglycol Chain Length of Dodecyl Polyethyleneglycol Monoether on the Crystallization of Bovine Heart Cytochrome c Oxidase

|year = 1995

|volume = 246

|pages = 572–575

|doi = 10.1016/S0022-2836(05)80106-8

|pmid = 7877177

|issue = 5

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Within chemical compound surfactants, pentaethylene glycol monododecyl ether (C12E5) is a nonionic surfactant. It is formed by the ethoxylation chemical reaction of dodecanol (lauryl alcohol) to give a material with 5 repeat units of ethylene glycol.