16-Hexadecanolide is used in the manfacturing of perfumes. It acts as masking agents.
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Applications
16-Hexadecanolide is used in the manfacturing of perfumes. It acts as masking agents.
Solubility
Insoluble in water.
Notes
Store in cool place. Keep container tightly closed in a dry and well-ventilated place. Incompatible with oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
Shuhei Namekawa; Hiroshi Uyama; Shiro Kobayashi. Lipase-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization of 16-hexadecanolide..Proceedings of the Japan Academy.1998, 74 65-68.
V. N. Emel’yanenko; S. P. Verevkin; E. N. Stepurko; G. N. Rogano. The thermodynamic characteristics of 15-pentadecanolide and 16-hexadecanolide..Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A.2011, 85 348-356.