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Fatty acid

DATA No : DFA0014 INFORMANT : Tetsuyuki Kobayashi
NAME : Tetradecanoic acid
COMMON NAME: Myristic acid
SYMBOL: Myr / C14:0
FORMULA: C14H28O2 MOL.WT (average) : 228.371

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BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
MELTING POINT:53.9degC
BOILING POINT:250degC at 100 mmHg
REFRACTIVE INDEX:1.4273 at 70degC
OPTICAL ROTATION:
DENSITY:d544 0.8622
SOLUBILITY:soluble in absolute alcohol, methanol, ether, petroleum ether, benzene and chloroform. (Ref. 0165)(Ref. 0237)(Ref. 0391)(Ref. 0461)
SPECTRAL DATA
UV SPECTRA:
IR SPECTRA:
NMR SPECTRA:
MASS SPECTRA:
[Spectrum 0001] (provided by Dr. Takeshi Kasama)
OTHER SPECTRA:
CHROMATOGRAM DATA
Gas liquid chromatogram
[Chromatogram 0001]
[Chromatogram 0002] (provided by Dr. Akiko Horiuchi).
SOURCE
Myristicaceae fats
CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS

METABOLISM

GENETIC INFORMATION

NOTE

REFERENCES
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