Melissic acid

Melissic acid
IUPAC name

triacontanoic acid
Identifiers
CAS number 506-50-3 Y
PubChem 10471
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Properties
Molecular formula C30H60O2
Molar mass 452.46 g/mol
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Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox references

Melissic acid (or triacontanoic acid) is a saturated fatty acid.

Contents

History

Melissic acid was named as such because Melissa is derived from a Greek word meaning bee, owing to the abundance of nectar in the flowers which attracts bees.

Synthesis

n-Triacontanoic acid was synthesized by Bleyberg and Ulrich (1931) and by Mrs. Robinson.[1]

Self-assembly

Triacontanoic acid and triacontanamide (CH3(CH2)28-CONHI) can be self-assembled.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ 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. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1253114. 
  2. ^ 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. 

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Saturated
VFA: Acetic (C2) · Propionic (C3) · Butyric (C4) · Valeric (C5) · Caproic (C6) · Enanthic (C7) · Caprylic (C8) · Pelargonic (C9) · Capric (C10) · Undecylic (C11) · Lauric (C12) · Tridecylic (C13) · Myristic (C14) · Pentadecanoic (C15) · Palmitic (C16) · Margaric (C17) · Stearic (C18) · Nonadecylic (C19) · Arachidic (C20) · Heneicosylic (C21) · Behenic (C22) · Tricosylic (C23) · Lignoceric (C24) · Pentacosylic (C25) · Cerotic (C26) · Heptacosylic (C27) · Montanic (C28) · Nonacosylic (C29) · Melissic (C30) · Hentriacontylic (C31) · Lacceroic (C32) · Psyllic (C33) · Geddic (C34) · Ceroplastic (C35) · Hexatriacontylic (C36)
n−3 Unsaturated
n−6 Unsaturated
n−9 Unsaturated
biochemical families: prot · nucl · carb (glpr, alco, glys) · lipd (fata/i, phld, strd, gllp, eico) · amac/i · ncbs/i · ttpy/i