Melissic acid

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

Melissic acid
Names
IUPAC name
triacontanoic acid
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.007.312
UNII
Properties
C30H60O2
Molar mass 452.46 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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Infobox references

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

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. doi:10.1042/bj0271885. PMC 1253114. PMID 16745314.
  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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