all-cis-6,9,12,15-Octadecatetraenoic acid
[CAS# 20290-75-9]

Identification

• Name: all-cis-6,9,12,15-Octadecatetraenoic acid
• Synonyms: 6Z,9Z,12Z,15Z-Octadecatetraenoic acid; Moroctic acid; Stearidonic acid
• Molecular Formula: C₁₈H₂₈O₂
• Molecular Weight: 276.41
• CAS Registry Number: 20290-75-9

Properties

• Solubility: Practically insoluble (0.016 g/L) (25 ºC), Calc.^*
• Density: 0.9334 g/cm³ (15 ºC)^**
• Melting point: 200 ºC (decomp)^***
• Refractive index: 1.4930 (589.3 nm 15 ºC)^**

^* Calculated using Advanced Chemistry Development (ACD/Labs) Software V11.02 (©1994-2014 ACD/Labs)

^** Toyama, Yoshiyuki; Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan 1935, V10, P232-41; translation of the Japanese paper in the 1932 Report of Tokyo Imperial Industrial Research Laboratory, 27, No. 2.

^*** Suzuki, B.; Proceedings of the Imperial Academy (Tokyo) 1928, V4, P165-8.