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16-Mercaptohexadecanoic acid

90%

• Synonym(s): MHDA
• Linear Formula: HS(CH₂)₁₅CO₂H
• CAS Number: 69839-68-5
• Molecular Weight: 288.49
• MDL number: MFCD00674018
• UNSPSC Code: 12352103
• PubChem Substance ID: 24868400
• NACRES: NA.23

Properties

• Quality Level: 200
• Assay: 90%
• form: solid
• mp: 65-69 °C
• SMILES string: OC(=O)CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCS
• InChI: 1S/C16H32O2S/c17-16(18)14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1-3-5-7-9-11-13-15-19/h19H,1-15H2,(H,17,18)
• InChI key: INOAASCWQMFJQA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

16-Mercaptohexadecanoic acid (MHA) is a long chained alkanethiol which forms self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on a variety of surfaces.

Application

MHA forms SAMs on gold dipyramids which can be used in the fabrication of nanoresonators for shell-isolated nanoparticle enhanced raman spectroscopy (SHINERS). It can also be used to surface modify gold electrodes that can be used for sensitive detection of clozapine. Gold surfaces can be self-assembled with MHA by polymer pen lithography (PPL) which can be potentially used in bioengineering.

Safety Information

• Storage Class Code: 11 - Combustible Solids
• WGK: WGK 3
• Flash Point(F): Not applicable
• Flash Point(C): Not applicable
• Personal Protective Equipment: dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves