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Well, it's organic. Past that it's difficult to say with certainty. It could be a cyclic diether or diol, it could be an ester, it could be an alkene diether or diol ... the molecular formula alone doesn't provide enough information to be sure.

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When it is linear and saturated it might be CH3(CH2)18COOH standing for arachidic acid, eicosanoic acid.

CH3(CH2)-(CH2)-(CH2)-(CH2)-(CH2)-(CH2)-(CH2)-(CH2)-(CH2)-(CH2)-(CH2)-(CH2)-(CH2)-(CH2)-(CH2)-(CH2)-(CH2)-(CH2)-C(OH)(=O).

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retinol

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