Melissic acid
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Preferred IUPAC name Triacontanoic acid | |
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.007.312 |
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Chemical formula | C30H60O2 |
Molar mass | 452.46 g/mol |
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Chemical compound
Melissic acid (or triacontanoic acid) is the organic compound with the formula CH3(CH2)28CO2H. It is classified as a very long chain fatty acid, a subset of saturated fatty acids. It is a white solid that is soluble in organic solvents. Melissic acid gets its name from the Greek word melissa meaning bee, since it was found in beeswax.
Synthesis
n-Triacontanoic acid was synthesized by Bleyberg and Ulrich (1931) and by G.M. Robinson.[1]
Self-assembly
Triacontanoic acid and triacontanamide (CH3(CH2)28-CONH2) can be self-assembled.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Chibnall, Albert Charles; Ernest Frank Williams; Alfred Louis Latner; Stephen Harvey Piper (1933). "The isolation of n-triacontanol from lucerne wax". Biochemical Journal. 27 (6): 1885–1888. doi:10.1042/bj0271885. PMC 1253114. PMID 16745314.
- ^ Weinbach, Susan P.; Kristian Kjaer; Jens Als-Nielsen; Meir Lahav; Leslie Leiserowitz (May 1993). "Self-assembled Langmuir monolayers and trilayers at the air-formamide interface". Journal of Physical Chemistry. 97 (20): 5200–5203. doi:10.1021/j100122a003.
External links
- Melissic acid at the Nature Lipidomics Gateway
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Lipids: fatty acids
- Propionic (C3)
- Butyric (C4)
- Valeric (C5)
- Caproic (C6)
- Enanthic (C7)
- Caprylic (C8)
- Pelargonic (C9)
- Capric (C10)
- Undecylic (C11)
- Lauric (C12)
- Tridecylic (C13)
- Myristic (C14)
- Pentadecylic (C15)
- Palmitic (C16)
- Margaric (C17)
- Stearic (C18)
- Nonadecylic (C19)
- Arachidic (C20)
- Heneicosylic (C21)
- Behenic (C22)
- Tricosylic (C23)
- Lignoceric (C24)
- Pentacosylic (C25)
- Cerotic (C26)
- Carboceric (C27)
- Montanic (C28)
- Nonacosylic (C29)
- Melissic (C30)
- Hentriacontylic (C31)
- Lacceroic (C32)
- Psyllic (C33)
- Geddic (C34)
- Ceroplastic (C35)
- Hexatriacontylic (C36)
- Heptatriacontanoic (C37)
- Octatriacontanoic (C38)
- Nonatriacontanoic (C39)
- Tetracontanoic (C40)
- Octenoic (8:1)
- Decenoic (10:1)
- Decadienoic (10:2)
- Lauroleic (12:1)
- Laurolinoleic (12:2)
- Myristovaccenic (14:1)
- Myristolinoleic (14:2)
- Myristolinolenic (14:3)
- Palmitolinolenic (16:3)
- Palmitidonic (16:4)
- α-Linolenic (18:3)
- Stearidonic (18:4)
- α-Parinaric (18:4)
- Dihomo-α-linolenic (20:3)
- Eicosatetraenoic (20:4)
- Eicosapentaenoic (20:5)
- Clupanodonic (22:5)
- Docosahexaenoic (22:6)
- 9,12,15,18,21-Tetracosapentaenoic (24:5)
- 6,9,12,15,18,21-Tetracosahexaenoic (24:6)
- Myristoleic (14:1)
- Palmitovaccenic (16:1)
- α-Eleostearic (18:3)
- β-Eleostearic (trans-18:3)
- Punicic (18:3)
- 7,10,13-Octadecatrienoic (18:3)
- 9,12,15-Eicosatrienoic (20:3)
- β-Eicosatetraenoic (20:4)
- 8-Tetradecenoic (14:1)
- 12-Octadecenoic (18:1)
- Linoleic (18:2)
- Linolelaidic (trans-18:2)
- γ-Linolenic (18:3)
- Calendic (18:3)
- Pinolenic (18:3)
- Dihomo-linoleic (20:2)
- Dihomo-γ-linolenic (20:3)
- Sciadonic (20:3)
- Arachidonic (20:4)
- Adrenic (22:4)
- Osbond (22:5)
- Palmitoleic (16:1)
- Vaccenic (18:1)
- Rumenic (18:2)
- Paullinic (20:1)
- 7,10,13-Eicosatrienoic (20:3)
- Sapienic (16:1)
- Gadoleic (20:1)
- 4-Hexadecenoic (16:1)
- Petroselinic (18:1)
- 8-Eicosenoic (20:1)