Nervonic Acid

CAS: 506-37-6

Ref. TR-N390110

Product Information

• Name: Nervonic Acid
• Synonyms: 15-Tetracosenoic acid, (15Z)- (9CI, ACI), (15Z)-15-Tetracosenoic acid (ACI), 15-Tetracosenoic acid, (Z)- (8CI), 15-Tetracosenoic acid, cis- (5CI), (15Z)-Tetracosenoic acid, (Z)-15-Tetracosenoic acid, 15Z-Tetracosenoic acid, cis-15-Tetracosenoic acid, Nevonic acid
• Brand: TRC
• Description: Applications Nervonic acid is a fatty acid. It is particularly abundant in the white matter of animal brains and in peripheral nervous tissue where nervonyl sphingolipids are enriched in the myelin sheath of nerve fibers. It is one of the major fatty acids in brain sphingolipids, normally accounting for approximately 40% of the total fatty acids in sphingolipids.References Sandhir, R., et al.: J. Lipid Res., 39, 2161 (1998)

Chemical properties

• Molecular weight: 366.62
• Formula: C₂₄H₄₆O₂
• Color/Form: Neat
• InChI: InChI=1S/C24H46O2/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/h9-10H,2-8,11-23H2,1H3,(H,25,26)/b10-9-
• InChI key: InChIKey=GWHCXVQVJPWHRF-KTKRTIGZSA-N
• SMILES: CCCCCCCC/C=C\CCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O