Ceroplastic acid (or pentatriacontanoic acid) is a 35-carbon-long
saturated aliphatic
In organic chemistry, hydrocarbons ( compounds composed solely of carbon and hydrogen) are divided into two classes: aromatic compounds and aliphatic compounds (; G. ''aleiphar'', fat, oil). Aliphatic compounds can be saturated (in which all ...
carboxylic acid
In organic chemistry, a carboxylic acid is an organic acid that contains a carboxyl group () attached to an Substituent, R-group. The general formula of a carboxylic acid is often written as or , sometimes as with R referring to an organyl ...
.
The name is derived from the
Latin
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word ''cerotus'', which in turn was derived from the
Ancient Greek
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word
κηρός (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
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List of saturated fatty acids
Saturated fatty acids are fatty acids that make up saturated fats.
Straight-chain
Saturated straight-chain fatty acids:
Branched-chain
Saturated branched-chain fatty acids:
See also
*List of unsaturated fatty acids
*Carboxylic acid
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References
External links
Ceroplastic acidat the ''Nature Lipidomics Gateway''
Fatty acids
Alkanoic acids
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