Hentriacontylic acid (also hentriacontanoic acid, henatriacontylic acid, or henatriacontanoic acid) is a

carboxylic In organic chemistry, a carboxylic acid is an organic acid that contains a carboxyl group () attached to an R-group. The general formula of a carboxylic acid is or , with R referring to the alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, or other group. Carboxylic ...

saturated fatty acid A saturated fat is a type of fat in which the fatty acid chains have all single bonds. A fat known as a glyceride is made of two kinds of smaller molecules: a short glycerol backbone and fatty acids that each contain a long linear or branched ch ...

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Hentriacontylic acid can be derived from

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and

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. The

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triacontene-1 can be reacted to yield linear ''n''-henatriacontanoic acid.

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Hentriacontylic acid
at the ''Nature Lipidomics Gateway'' Fatty acids Alkanoic acids {{organic-compound-stub

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