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Home/Compounds/Research Reagent/1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
C42H82NO8P
760.1 g/mol
Research Reagent

POPC

CAS26853-31-6EC248-056-7
Category
Research Reagent
Compound Class
Ester
Primary Use
Research Compound

POPC (1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) is a phosphatidylcholine and diacylglycerol phospholipid. It is widely used as a model lipid in biophysical experiments to study membrane properties such as lipid rafts.

Model lipid for membrane biophysics studiesResearch tool for investigating lipid raft formation

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Identifiers
IUPAC Name

[(2R)-3-hexadecanoyloxy-2-[(Z)-octadec-9-enoyl]oxypropyl] 2-(trimethylazaniumyl)ethyl phosphate

InChIKey

WTJKGGKOPKCXLL-VYOBOKEXSA-N

SMILES

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC[C@H](COP(=O)([O-])OCC[N+](C)(C)C)OC(=O)CCCCCCC/C=C\CCCCCCCC

Synonyms (35)
  • POPC
  • 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-GPC
  • Egg PC
  • Lecithin Impurity 9
  • Ptd-Cho