palmitic acid

CNP0420987.0 · C16H32O2 · View on COCONUT ↗

2D Structure

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Identifiers

Name	palmitic acid
IUPAC Name	palmitic acid
COCONUT ID	CNP0420987.0
CAS	57-10-3, 67701-02-4
InChIKey	IPCSVZSSVZVIGE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI	InChI=1S/C16H32O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16(17)18/h2-15H2,1H3,(H,17,18)
SMILES	CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O

Properties

Molecular Formula	C16H32O2
Molecular Weight	256.43
Exact Mass	256.24023
Log P (ALogP)	5.55
TPSA	37.30
H-Bond Donors / Acceptors	1 / 1
Rotatable Bonds	14
Lipinski's Rule of 5 Violations	1
QED Drug-likeness	0.41
NP-likeness	0.39

Classification

NP Pathway	Fatty acids
NP Superclass	Fatty Acids and Conjugates
NP Class	Branched fatty acids
Chemical Superclass	Lipids and lipid-like molecules
Chemical Class	Fatty Acyls
Chemical Subclass	Fatty acids and conjugates

Reported in GR-MAPs Plants

Andrographis paniculata	as “Andrographis paniculata” in COCONUT
Catharanthus roseus	as “Catharanthus roseus” in COCONUT
Centella asiatica	as “Centella asiatica” in COCONUT
Lagerstroemia speciosa	as “Lagerstroemia speciosa” in COCONUT
Nicotiana tabacum	as “Nicotiana tabacum” in COCONUT
Arabidopsis thaliana	as “Arabidopsis thaliana” in COCONUT
Acorus calamus	as “Acorus calamus” in COCONUT
Artemisia annua	as “Artemisia annua; Artemisia annua L.” in COCONUT
Foeniculum vulgare	as “Foeniculum vulgare” in COCONUT
Mentha Arvensis	as “Mentha arvensis” in COCONUT
Salvia officinalis	as “Salvia officinalis” in COCONUT
Plantago ovata	as “Plantago ovata” in COCONUT
Piper auritum	as “Piper auritum” in COCONUT
Azadirachta indica	as “Azadirachta indica” in COCONUT
Vitex negundo	as “Vitex negundo” in COCONUT
Terminalia chebula	as “Terminalia chebula” in COCONUT
Cassia angustifolia	as “Senna alexandrina; Senna alexandrina var. alexandrina” in COCONUT
Tanacetum cinerariifolium	as “Tanacetum cinerariifolium” in COCONUT
Crocus sativus	as “Crocus sativus” in COCONUT
Emblica officinalis	as “Phyllanthus emblica” in COCONUT
Gloriosa superba	as “Gloriosa superba” in COCONUT
Nepeta cataria	as “Nepeta cataria” in COCONUT
Canabis Sativa	as “Cannabis sativa” in COCONUT
Oryza sativa	as “Oryza Sativa; Oryza sativa cv. Heugjinjubyeo” in COCONUT
Gossypium hirsutum	as “Gossypium hirsutum” in COCONUT

References (746)

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Data from COCONUT (COlleCtion of Open Natural prodUcTs), released under CC0. Chandrasekhar V. et al. COCONUT 2.0: a comprehensive overhaul and curation of the collection of open natural products database. Nucleic Acids Research (2024), doi:10.1093/nar/gkae1063. COCONUT release 2026-10.

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