1-Tetradecanol

• Myristyl
• Tetradecyl
• Tetradecanol ( ambiguous )

White shed with fettsäureartigem odor

Fixed

0.84 g · cm -3

38 ° C.

289-291 ° C

1 Pa at 20 ° C.

• Practically insoluble in water
• Little in ethanol, well in diethyl ether

5000 mg · kg -1 ( LD50, rat, oral)

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1- tetradecanol (or myristyl alcohol ) is a long chain monohydric alcohol selected from the group consisting of fatty alcohols. It is a white, waxy solid with fettsäureartigem odor.

Production and representation

1- tetradecanol, can be obtained by reduction of myristic acid or a number of fatty acid esters with reagents such as lithium aluminum hydride or sodium.

Use

1- tetradecanol is used as an additive in cosmetics, and as a feedstock for the production of fatty alcohol sulfates, salts and esters (eg Myristyllactate, Myristylmyristate, myristic ).

Proof

1- tetradecanol can be detected by gas chromatographic methods.