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lauric acid

C12H24O2

Lauric acid has the molecular formula C12H24O2 and a molar mass of 200.32 g/mol, a melting point of 43.2 °C and a boiling point of 91.4 °C.

Properties

Molecular formulaC12H24O2
Molar mass200.32 g/mol
Exact (monoisotopic) mass200.17763 g/mol
Melting point43.22 °C
Boiling point91.4 °C
logP (octanol–water)4.2
Topological polar surface area37.3 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors / acceptors1 / 2
Heavy atoms14
InChIKeyPOULHZVOKOAJMA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
IUPAC namedodecanoic acid

Elemental composition

38 atoms across 3 elements, by mass.

ElementAtomsPercent by mass
Carbon (C)1271.95%
Oxygen (O)215.97%
Hydrogen (H)2412.08%

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Molar mass and elemental composition are computed from IUPAC 2021 conventional atomic weights. Formula, exact mass and the computed descriptors come from PubChem, which is US government work and in the public domain. Melting point, boiling point and density come from Wikidata under CC0. Properties with no figure shown are absent from those sources rather than zero.