Tricosylic acid
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Preferred IUPAC name
Tricosanoic acid | |
Other names
Tricosylic acid
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100.017.654 |
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Properties | |
C23H46O2 | |
Molar mass | 354.35 g/mol |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Tricosylic acid, or tricosanoic acid, is a 23-
saturated fatty acid with the chemical formula
CH3(CH2)21COOH.
Natural occurrence
Tricosylic acid occurs naturally in the leaves of Cecropia adenopus and in fennel.[1][2] It also occurs in small quantities in the lipids of various other plants.[3]
See also
- List of saturated fatty acids
- Very long chain fatty acids
- List of carboxylic acids
References
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- ^ "PlantFAdb: 23:0; Tricosanoic acid; 22FA; Tricosylic acid; n-Tricosanoic acid". plantfadb.org. Retrieved 2022-02-11.