15-Methyl-1,2-hexadecanediol, a major constituent of hamster surface wax.
Long chain 1,2-alkanediol diesters comprise about 15-20% of the acetone soluble skin surface wax of golden Syrian hamsters. The constituent 1,2-alkanediols, obtained through acidic methanolysis, were fractionated by preparative gas liquid chromatography of their isopropylidene derivatives. The major component (57%) was identified by nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry as 15-methyl-1,2-hexadecanediol.
D000818:Animals; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D006224:Cricetinae; D005233:Fatty Alcohols / Q000032:analysis*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008647:Mesocricetus; D014885:Waxes / Q000032:analysis*
D005233:Fatty Alcohols; D014885:Waxes; C018337:15-methyl-1,2-hexadecanediol