n-Tricosane is used as a pharmaceutical intermediate.
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Applications
n-Tricosane is used as a pharmaceutical intermediate.
Solubility
Insoluble in water.
Notes
Store in cool, dry conditions in a well sealed container. Incompatible with oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
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Claude Cassagne; René Lessire. Studies on alkane biosynthesis in epidermis of Allium porrum L. leaves: Direct synthesis of tricosane from lignoceric acid. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 1974, 165 (1), 274-280.