Phytane
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| Names | |
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| IUPAC name
2,6,10,14-Tetramethylhexadecane[1] | |
| Identifiers | |
| 1744639 | |
638-36-8  | |
| ChEBI | CHEBI:48937 |
| ChemSpider | 12006 393886 6S,10S,14R |
| EC number | 211-332-2 |
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| Jmol-3D images | Image |
| MeSH | phytane |
| PubChem | 12523 54081983 6R,10R 42627075 6R,10S,14S 446564 6S,10S,14R |
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| Properties | |
| Molecular formula |
C20H42 |
| Molar mass | 282.55 g·mol−1 |
| Appearance | Colourless liquid |
| Odor | Odourless |
| Density | 791 mg mL−1 (at 20 °C) |
| Boiling point | 69 °C (156 °F; 342 K) at 100 mPa |
| Hazards | |
| S-phrases | S24/25 |
| Related compounds | |
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| Except where noted otherwise, data is given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C (77 °F), 100 kPa) | |
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Phytane is a type of diterpenoid alkane. In contrast to pristane, which is formed from the decarboxylation of phytol, it has one extra carbon.
Phytanyl is the corresponding substituent. Phytanyl groups are frequently found in phospholipids in membranes of thermophilic Archaea.[2] These include caldarchaeol, a compound which contains two fused phytanyl chains.
It is used as a bio-marker in petroleum studies.[3]
Unsaturated phytanes
Phytene is the singly unsaturated version of phytane. Phytene is also found as the functional group phytyl in many organic molecules of biological importance such as chlorophyll, tocopherol (Vitamin E) and phylloquinone (Vitamin K1). Phytene's corresponding alcohol is phytol.
Geranylgeranene is the fully unsaturated form of phytane. The corresponding substituent is geranylgeranyl.
See also
References
- ↑ "phytane - Compound Summary". PubChem Compound. USA: National Center for Biotechnology Information. 27 March 2005. Identification and Related Records. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ↑ Edited by Ricardo Cavicchioli (2007), Archaea, Washington, DC: ASM Press, ISBN 1-55581-391-7, OCLC 172964654
- ↑ Hunt, J. (2002). "Early developments in petroleum geochemistry". Organic Geochemistry 33: 1025–1052. doi:10.1016/S0146-6380(02)00056-6.