Cetyl alcohol , also known as hexadecan-1-ol and palmityl alcohol, is a C-16 fatty alcohol with the formula or . At room temperature, cetyl alcohol takes the form of a waxy white solid or flakes. The name cetyl refers to whale oil (cetacea oil, from , from ) from which it was first isolated.

Preparation

Cetyl alcohol was discovered in 1817 by the French

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