(4E)-2-Amino-4-Octadecene-1,3-Diol
[CAS 25695-95-8]

Identification

• Name: (4E)-2-Amino-4-Octadecene-1,3-Diol
• Synonyms: (E)-2-Amino-octadec-4-ene-1,3-diol; 4-Octadecene-1,3-diol, 2-amino-, [R*,S*-(E)]-(±)-; dl-Erythro-sphingosine
• Molecular Formula: C₁₈H₃₇NO₂
• Molecular Weight: 299.49
• CAS Registry Number: 25695-95-8
• SMILES: CCCCCCCCCCCCC/C=C/C(C(CO)N)O
• InChI: 1S/C18H37NO2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-18(21)17(19)16-20/h14-15,17-18,20-21H,2-13,16,19H2,1H3/b15-14+
• InChIKey: WWUZIQQURGPMPG-CCEZHUSRSA-N

Properties

• Density: 0.9±0.1g/cm³ (Cal.)
• Boiling point: 445.9±45.0°C at 760 mmHg (Cal.)
• Flash point: 223.5±28.7°C (Cal.)
• Refractive index: 1.489 (Cal.)

References

• (1): Elin Abraham, Stephen G. Davies, Nicholas L. Millican, Rebecca L. Nicholson, Paul M. Roberts and Andrew D. Smith. Asymmetric synthesis of vicinal amino alcohols: xestoaminolC, sphinganine and sphingosine, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2008, 6, 1655.