Shijiazhuang,
Hebei,
China
Shijiazhuang,
Hebei,
China
Octacosanols are organic compounds with the formula CH3(CH2)26CH2OH. The appearance is white powder or scaly crystal, tasteless and odorless. Soluble in hot ethanol, ethyl ether, benzene, toluene, chloroform, methylene chloride, petroleum ether and other organic solvents, insoluble in water. In addition, octacosanol is stable to acids, bases, reducing agents, and is stable to light and heat, and is not easy to absorb moisture. Octacosanol is a high-level fatty alcohol, is a simple saturated straight chain alcohol, composed of hydrophobic alkyl and hydrophilic hydroxyl groups, chemical reactions mainly occur on the hydroxyl group, can be esterified, halogenated, thiolated, dehydration hydroxylation and dehydration into ether and other reactions.
