C22H42O6
402.6 g/mol
Food AdditiveWarning
Span 40
CAS26266-57-9EC247-568-8
Category
Food Additive
Compound Class
Ester
Primary Use
Emulsifier and surfactant
Span 40 is a nonionic surfactant and emulsifier commonly used in the food industry. It helps stabilize emulsions by reducing surface tension between oil and water phases.
emulsifier for food productsstabilizer in oil-in-water emulsions
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CAS 26266-57-9
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Safety Reference
Warning
H315Causes skin irritation
H319Causes serious eye irritation
H335May cause respiratory irritation
Identifiers
IUPAC Name
[(2R)-2-[(2R,3R,4S)-3,4-dihydroxyoxolan-2-yl]-2-hydroxyethyl] hexadecanoate
InChIKey
IYFATESGLOUGBX-YVNJGZBMSA-N
SMILES
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC[C@H]([C@@H]1[C@@H]([C@H](CO1)O)O)O
Synonyms (36)
- E-495
- Palmitate de sorbitan [INN-French]
- Palmitato de sorbitano [INN-Spanish]
- Sorbitani palmitas [INN-Latin]
- Arlacel 40
- Crill 2
- Emsorb 2510
- Glycomul P
- INS NO.495
- Liposorb P
- Montane 40
- Nikkol SP10
- Nissan nonion PP 40R
- Nissan nonion PP40
- Nonion PP40
- Palmitate de sorbitan
- Palmitato de sorbitan
- Palmitato de sorbitano
- Protachem SMP
- Rheodol SP-P 10
- SORBITAN MONOPALMITATE
- SORBITAN PALMITATE [MART.]
- SORBITAN, MONOHEXADECANOATE
- Sorbitan palmitas
- Sorbitan palmitate
- Sorbitani palmitas
- Sorgen 70
- Span 40