Ceroplastic acid (or pentatriacontanoic acid) is a
saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid
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 ...
.
The name is derived from the
Latin word ''cerotus'', which in turn was derived from the
Ancient Greek word
κηÏός (keros), meaning beeswax or honeycomb, combined with "plastic" from the Latin plasticus (meaning of molding, from Greek plastikos, from plassein to mold, form).
Applications
Like many other carboxylic acids, ceroplastic acid can react with UV curable moiety alcohols to form reactive esters, such as
2-allyloxyethanol.
See also
*
List of saturated fatty acids
References
External links
Ceroplastic acidat the ''Nature Lipidomics Gateway''
Fatty acids
Alkanoic acids
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