{{Short description|Chemical compound}} {{lowercasetitle}} {{Drugbox | drug_name = α-Tocopheryl palmitate | Verifiedfields = | Watchedfields = | verifiedrevid = | IUPAC_name = [2,5,7,8-Tetramethyl-2-(4,8,12-trimethyltridecyl)-3,4-dihydrochromen-6-yl] hexadecanoate | image = α-Tocopherol palmitate.svg | image_class = skin-invert-image | width = 250px
<!--Clinical data--> | tradename = | pregnancy_AU = <!-- A / B1 / B2 / B3 / C / D / X --> | pregnancy_US = <!-- A / B / C / D / X --> | pregnancy_category = | legal_AU = <!-- Unscheduled / S2 / S3 / S4 / S5 / S6 / S7 / S8 / S9 --> | legal_CA = | legal_UK = | legal_US = | legal_status = | routes_of_administration = Intramuscular injection | class = Vitamin E
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<!-- Identifiers --> | CAS_number_Ref = | CAS_number = 34562-29-3 | CAS_supplemental = | ATC_prefix = | ATC_suffix = | ATC_supplemental = | PubChem = 13691242 | IUPHAR_ligand = | DrugBank_Ref = | DrugBank = | ChemSpiderID_Ref = | ChemSpiderID = 2341632 | UNII = | KEGG = | ChEBI = | ChEMBL = | synonyms = α-Tocopherol palmitate
<!--Chemical data--> | C=45 | H=80 | O=3 | SMILES = CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC1=C(C(=C2C(=C1C)CCC(O2)(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)C)C)C | StdInChI_Ref = | StdInChI = 1S/C45H80O3/c1-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-31-42(46)47-43-38(6)39(7)44-41(40(43)8)32-34-45(9,48-44)33-25-30-37(5)29-24-28-36(4)27-23-26-35(2)3/h35-37H,10-34H2,1-9H3 | StdInChIKey_Ref = | StdInChIKey = GEDVGZULFCXUQL-UHFFFAOYSA-N }}
'''α-Tocopheryl palmitate''' is the palmitate ester of α-tocopherol and is a form of vitamin E.<ref name="BaxterRobeson1943">{{cite journal| vauthors = Baxter JG, Robeson CD, Taylor JD, Lehman RW |title=Natural α-, β- and γ-Tocopherols and Certain Esters of Physiological Interest1|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|volume=65|issue=5|year=1943|pages=918–924|issn=0002-7863|doi=10.1021/ja01245a041}}</ref><ref name="Ben-ShabatKazdan2013">{{cite journal | vauthors = Ben-Shabat S, Kazdan Y, Beit-Yannai E, Sintov AC | title = Use of alpha-tocopherol esters for topical vitamin E treatment: evaluation of their skin permeation and metabolism | journal = The Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology | volume = 65 | issue = 5 | pages = 652–8 | date = May 2013 | pmid = 23600381 | doi = 10.1111/jphp.12027 | s2cid = 31085958 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Related compounds include α-tocopheryl acetate and α-tocopheryl succinate.
== See also == * Progesterone/hydroxyprogesterone heptanoate/α-tocopherol palmitate
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