What is ethylhexyl palmitate?
1 Answer
Dec 26, 2015
Ethylhexyl palmitate is the industrial name for 2-ethylhexyl hexadecanoate.
Explanation:
The name tells you that the compound is an ester formed by the reaction of hexadecanoic acid (palmitic acid)
with 2-ethylhexan-1-ol.
The structure of the ester is
