Hentriacontylic acid
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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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Sources

Hentriacontylic acid can be derived from
peat wax Peat Wax is a dark waxy substance extracted from peat using organic solvents. It is very similar to the coal derived Montan wax Montan wax, also known as lignite wax or OP wax, is a hard wax obtained by solvent extraction of certain types of ...
and
montan wax Montan wax, also known as lignite wax or OP wax, is a hard wax obtained by solvent extraction of certain types of lignite or brown coal. Commercially viable deposits exist in only a few locations, including Amsdorf, Germany, and in the Ione Ba ...
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olefin In organic chemistry, an alkene is a hydrocarbon containing a carbon–carbon double bond. Alkene is often used as synonym of olefin, that is, any hydrocarbon containing one or more double bonds.H. Stephen Stoker (2015): General, Organic, an ...
triacontene-1 can be reacted to yield linear ''n''-henatriacontanoic acid.


See also

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List of saturated fatty acids See also *List of unsaturated fatty acids *Carboxylic acid **List of carboxylic acids *Dicarboxylic acid {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Saturated Fatty Acids Saturated Fatty Acids A saturated fat is a type of fat in which the fatty acid chains ...


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