Melissic acid
Melissic acid (or triacontanoic acid) is a saturated fatty acid.
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triacontanoic acid | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.007.312 |
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C30H60O2 |
| Molar mass | 452.46 g/mol |
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Etymology
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-CONHI) can be self-assembled.[2]
See also
- List of saturated fatty acids
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. 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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