Talk:1-Pentadecanol

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Review: March 24, 2021. (Reviewed version).

A fact from 1-Pentadecanol appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 March 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that 1-pentadecanol is synthesized by creeping cucumbers, mutant fungus, and the Shell oil company?

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:45, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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A space-filling model of 1-pentadecanol.

... that 1-pentadecanol (pictured) is synthesized by creeping cucumbers, mutant fungus, and the Shell oil company? Source: Souw 1977, Barik 2018, Shell Global

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Two-room school
Comment: This was the first article I wrote, but it seemed a little sad compared to my recent bops, so I decided to 5x it tonight.

5x expanded by JPxG (talk). Self-nominated at 11:23, 8 March 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Recent 5x expansion, plenty long, and well written albeit a bit technical. QPQ done. The hook is delightfully whimsical, well-cited, and short enough. Image is free, used, and shows up well. Good to go. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 20:06, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: Femkemilene (talk · contribs) 17:25, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'll be reviewing this page over the next few days. Initial reading shows good prose and structure. FemkeMilene (talk) 17:25, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The lede could benefit from having a second paragraph. While having jargon in an article like this is unavoidable, I think it can be reduced in the lede:
- What is achiral?
  - Y Expanded. jp×g 04:53, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- I think people will skim over ethoxylation and sulfation if they're unfamiliar with them, but if you can think of a simplification that would be nice
  - Y Expanded. jp×g 04:53, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- What is a surfactant?
  - Y Expanded. jp×g 04:53, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
alveoli is a disambiguation page
- - Y Fixed. jp×g 04:53, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Shell states instead of claim, per WP:CLAIM
- The "claims" in that sentence was my attempt at getting the reader to pair Royal Dutch Shell's claims about its product safety with a little sodium chloride ;) (since it is a primary source, after all, and they have some quite compelling reasons to present it in a favorable light). If it's not appropriate here, I will change it accordingly.
  - That's fine. I'd get a kneejerk reaction 'oh really?' after the words 'shell says', but maybe others don't and the word claim is more appropriate.
(not GA criterion, ignore if you will): 300—370 -> a shorter dash should be used there, right?
- I think MoS says to use en-dashes for intervals like that, but it doesn't make a huge difference to me.
(not GA criterion): 𝜇g -> μg. Italics is a bit ugly
- Y You know, that pissed me off too: I just used {{mu}} for convenience and it gave me that stupid italic μ. I didn't bother to fix it because I didn't think anyone else would care, but you have given me an excuse to do so now.
using a 1.2 ml -> using 1.2 ml?
- Y Fixed. jp×g 05:03, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
50𝜇g -> space
- Y Fixed. jp×g 05:03, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
had been skin irritants -> are?
- Y Fixed. jp×g 05:03, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The penultimate paragraph of properties uses alpha and beta form, while the last paragraph gives a lay description. Shuffle?
- Y That's a pretty brilliant catch, and a good idea. Done. jp×g 05:17, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Is it possible to link Langmuir monolayer to something?
- Y Done. jp×g 05:17, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Sources all look reliable, will check a few later. FemkeMilene (talk) 17:43, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Image appropriately licenced FemkeMilene (talk) 18:15, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
degree signs in infobox need ° and space. FemkeMilene (talk) 18:20, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Spot checks spotless. Will promote when at computer. FemkeMilene (talk) 07:41, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Weird formula

Therefore, the interaction of several partially fluorinated 1-pentadecanols with DPPC in a Langmuir monolayer was analyzed in a 2018 paper. The molecules were F4H11OH, F6H9OH, and F8H7OH; as the fluorination degree increased, so did hydrophobicity.[17]

How these molecules exist without carbon atoms, and what are the real chemical formula of these molecules??? --Nucleus hydro elemon (talk) 13:36, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This is kind of bizarre to me as well. I double-checked the reference (here) again, and it does indeed say "H15OH (F4H11OH, F6H9OH, and F8H7OH)". This seems to me like some kind of error (normal pentadecanol is C₁₅H₃₂OH). I agree that it should be impossible for pentadecanols to exist without carbon, and I'll have to look into it further. jp×g 23:50, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]