ChemFOnt: Showing chemical card for Carnaubic acid (CFc000333567)

Record Information

Version

1.0

Creation Date

Update Date

2022-09-14 05:13:46 UTC

Chemfont ID

CFc000333567

Molecule Identification

Common Name

Carnaubic acid

Definition

Lignoceric acid, also known as N-tetracosanoic acid or tetraeicosanoate, is a member of the class of compounds known as very long-chain fatty acids. Very long-chain fatty acids are fatty acids with an aliphatic tail that contains at least 22 carbon atoms. Thus, lignoceric acid is considered to be a fatty acid lipid molecule. Lignoceric acid is practically insoluble (in water) and a weakly acidic compound (based on its pKa). Lignoceric acid can be found in a number of food items such as hazelnut, cheese, rye bread, and cetacea (dolphin, porpoise, whale), which makes lignoceric acid a potential biomarker for the consumption of these food products. Lignoceric acid can be found primarily in blood and feces, as well as in human fibroblasts tissue. Lignoceric acid exists in all eukaryotes, ranging from yeast to humans. In humans, lignoceric acid is involved in a couple of metabolic pathways, which include adrenoleukodystrophy, x-linked and beta oxidation of very long chain fatty acids. Lignoceric acid is also involved in carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency, which is a metabolic disorder. Lignoceric acid, or tetracosanoic acid, is the saturated fatty acid with formula C23H47COOH. It is found in wood tar, various cerebrosides, and in small amounts in most natural fats. The fatty acids of peanut oil contain small amounts of lignoceric acid (1.1% – 2.2%). This fatty acid is also a byproduct of lignin production .

Structure

MOL SDF PDB SMILES InChI

Synonyms

Value	Source
CH3-[CH2]22-COOH	ChEBI
Lignoceric acid	ChEBI
Lignozerinsaeure	ChEBI
N-Tetracosanoic acid	ChEBI
Tetracosanic acid	ChEBI
Tetracosansaeure	ChEBI
Tetracosoic acid	ChEBI
Tetraeicosanoic acid	ChEBI
Tetraicosanoic acid	ChEBI
Lignocerate	Generator
N-Tetracosanoate	Generator
Tetracosanate	Generator
Tetracosoate	Generator
Tetraeicosanoate	Generator
Tetraicosanoate	Generator
Tetracosanoate	Generator
Lignoceric acid, silver (1+) salt	HMDB
Lignoceric acid, sodium salt	HMDB
Lignoceric acid, potassium salt	HMDB
Tetracosanoic acid, potassium salt (1:1)	HMDB
Potassium tetracosanoate	HMDB
Tetracosanoic acid	MeSH
FA(24:0)	PhytoBank

Chemical Formula

C₂₄H₄₈O₂

Average Molecular Weight

368.6367

Monoisotopic Molecular Weight

368.36543078

IUPAC Name

tetracosanoic acid

Traditional Name

lignoceric acid

CAS Registry Number

557-59-5

SMILES

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(O)=O

InChI Identifier

InChI=1S/C24H48O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24(25)26/h2-23H2,1H3,(H,25,26)

InChI Key

QZZGJDVWLFXDLK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Chemical Taxonomy

Description

Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as very long-chain fatty acids. These are fatty acids with an aliphatic tail that contains at least 22 carbon atoms.

Kingdom

Organic compounds

Super Class

Lipids and lipid-like molecules

Class

Fatty Acyls

Sub Class

Fatty acids and conjugates

Direct Parent

Very long-chain fatty acids

Alternative Parents

Substituents

Very long-chain fatty acid
Straight chain fatty acid
Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives
Carboxylic acid
Carboxylic acid derivative
Organic oxygen compound
Organic oxide
Hydrocarbon derivative
Organooxygen compound
Carbonyl group
Aliphatic acyclic compound

Molecular Framework

Aliphatic acyclic compounds

External Descriptors

very long-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:28866 )
straight-chain saturated fatty acid (CHEBI:28866 )
Straight chain fatty acids (C08320 )
Saturated fatty acids (C08320 )
Straight chain fatty acids (LMFA01010024 )

Functional Ontology

Physiological effect

Not Available

Disposition

Biological location

Cellular substructure

Organelle

Peroxisome (HMDB: HMDB0002003)
Adiposome (HMDB: HMDB0002003)

Cell

Fibroblast

Fibroblast (HMDB: HMDB0002003)

Non-excretory biofluid

Biofluid or Excreta

Blood (HMDB: HMDB0002003)

Excreta

Biofluid or Excreta

Feces (HMDB: HMDB0002003)
Urine (HMDB: HMDB0002003)

Route of exposure

Enteral

Ingestion (HMDB: HMDB0002003)

Source

Endogenous

Endogenous (HMDB: HMDB0002003)

Plant

Animal

Animal (HMDB: HMDB0002003)

Exogenous

Food

Food (HMDB: HMDB0002003)

Pulse

Bean

Adzuki bean (FooDB: FOOD00198)

Cereal and cereal product

Cereal

Common buckwheat (FooDB: FOOD00079)

Vegetable

Fruit vegetable

Pepper (FooDB: FOOD00040)
Green bell pepper (FooDB: FOOD00877)
Yellow bell pepper (FooDB: FOOD00878)
Red bell pepper (FooDB: FOOD00880)
Pepper (C. frutescens) (FooDB: FOOD00428)
Orange bell pepper (FooDB: FOOD00879)

Coffee and coffee product

Coffee

Arabica coffee (FooDB: FOOD00059)

Process

Role

Biological role

Energy source (HMDB: HMDB0002003)

Industrial application

Manufacturing industry

Material processing agent

Fluid processing agent

Surfactant

Surfactant (HMDB: HMDB0002003)

Physical Properties

Predicted Properties

Property	Value	Source
Water Solubility	2.3e-05 g/L	ALOGPS
logP	9.56	ALOGPS
logP	9.81	ChemAxon
logS	-7.2	ALOGPS
pKa (Strongest Acidic)	4.95	ChemAxon
Physiological Charge	-1	ChemAxon
Hydrogen Acceptor Count	2	ChemAxon
Hydrogen Donor Count	1	ChemAxon
Polar Surface Area	37.3 Å²	ChemAxon
Rotatable Bond Count	22	ChemAxon
Refractivity	113.89 m³·mol⁻¹	ChemAxon
Polarizability	51.57 Å³	ChemAxon
Number of Rings	0	ChemAxon
Bioavailability	No	ChemAxon
Rule of Five	No	ChemAxon
Ghose Filter	No	ChemAxon
Veber's Rule	No	ChemAxon
MDDR-like Rule	No	ChemAxon