Nomenclature
CAS number: 506-03-6
(+)-3-(Hexadecyloxy)-1,2-propanediol; α-hexadecylglyceryl ether; testriol.
C
19H
40O
3; mol wt 316.52.
C 72.10%, H 12.74%, O 15.16%.
CH
3(CH
2)
15OCH
2CHOHCH
2OH.
Description and references
Isoln from bull and boar testes: Hirano, J. Pharm. Soc. Jpn. 56, 122 (1936);
Prelog et al., Helv. Chim. Acta 27, 674 (1944). Synthesis: Baer, Fischer, J. Biol. Chem. 140, 397 (1941).
Properties
Leaflets from hexane, mp 64°. bp0.005 120°. [α]D20 +3.0° (c = 1.16
in chloroform). Sol in acetone, hexane, chloroform.Derivative
Bis(phenylurethan).
C
33H
50N
2O
5; mol wt 554.76.
C 71.45%, H 9.08%, N 5.05%, O 14.42%.
Properties
Leaflets from petr ether, mp 97.5-98.5°.