Cyclohexadecane

Base Information

• Chemical Name: Cyclohexadecane
• CAS No.: 295-65-8
• Molecular Formula: C16H32
• Molecular Weight: 224.43
• European Community (EC) Number: 206-041-2
• DSSTox Substance ID: DTXSID40183700
• Nikkaji Number: J124.816B
• Wikidata: Q17992508
• Mol file: 295-65-8.mol

Synonyms:Cyclohexadecane;295-65-8;EINECS 206-041-2;DTXSID40183700;Q17992508

Chemical Property of Cyclohexadecane

Chemical Property:

• Vapor Pressure: 0.000664mmHg at 25°C
• Melting Point: 62.1°C
• Refractive Index: 1.6000 (estimate)
• Boiling Point: 318.7°C at 760 mmHg
• Flash Point: 136.2°C
• PSA: 0.00000
• Density: 0.79g/cm³
• LogP: 6.24160
• XLogP3: 8.9
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 0
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 0
• Rotatable Bond Count: 0
• Exact Mass: 224.250401021
• Heavy Atom Count: 16
• Complexity: 64

Purity/Quality:

99% ^*data from raw suppliers

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MSDS Files:

SDS file from LookChem

Useful:

• Chemical Classes: Other Classes -> Aliphatics, Saturated (>C11)
• Canonical SMILES: C1CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC1

Technology Process of Cyclohexadecane

There total 25 articles about Cyclohexadecane which guide to synthetic route it. The literature collected by LookChem mainly comes from the sharing of users and the free literature resources found by Internet computing technology. We keep the original model of the professional version of literature to make it easier and faster for users to retrieve and use. At the same time, we analyze and calculate the most feasible synthesis route with the highest yield for your reference as below:

synthetic route:

Reference yield: 100.0%

1,9-cyclohexadecene diene (4277-06-9,7431-74-5,7433-61-6,7433-62-7,110028-14-3) → cyclohexadecane (295-65-8)

Guidance literature:

With hydrogen; palladium on activated charcoal; In hexane; at 25 ℃;

DOI:10.1055/s-1987-28129

Reference yield: 89.0%

1,9-cyclohexadecadien-3,7,11,15-tetrayne (1000999-81-4) → cyclohexadecane (295-65-8)

Guidance literature:

With hydrogen; platinum; In ethyl acetate; at 20 ℃; for 20h;

DOI:10.1002/chem.200700827

Reference yield: 76.0%

Cyclooctan (292-64-8) → cyclohexadecane (295-65-8)

Guidance literature:

With silica gel; tungsten tris(neopentyl)neopentylidyne; at 150 ℃; for 120h;

upstream raw materials:

1,9-diketocyclohexadecane

cyclohexadeca-1,3,9,11-tetrayne

cyclohexadecanone

Cyclohexadecatriin-(1.3.10)

Downstream raw materials:

fluoranthene

Refernces

• 1、 Glatzhofer,Guerrero,Khan. "Synthesis and structure of (E,E)-[6.2]-(2,5)thiophenophane-1,5-diene: A new monomer for cyclopolymerization". . p. 2633 - 2636. Retrieved 1992.
• 2、 -. "PROCESS FOR COMPOUND TRANSFORMATION". Page/Page column 7-9. . Retrieved 2017/04/11.
• 3、 Ahuja, Ritu,Kundu, Sabuj,Goldman, Alan S.,Brookhart, Maurice,Vicente, Brian C.,Scott, Susannah L.. "Catalytic ring expansion, contraction, and metathesis-polymerization of cycloalkanes". . p. 253 - 255. Retrieved 2008/03/13.