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COMMON NAME | : | Arachidic acid |
SYMBOL | : | Ach / C20:0 |
FORMULA | : | C20H40O2 MOL.WT (average) : 312.530 |
BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY |
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES |
MELTING POINT | : | 76.5-77.0![]() |
BOILING POINT | : | 204![]() |
REFRACTIVE INDEX | : | 1.4250 at 100![]() |
OPTICAL ROTATION | : | |
DENSITY | : | d1004 0.8240 |
SOLUBILITY | : | practically insoluble in water; sparingly soluble in cold water; freely in hot absolute alcohol, benzene, chloroform, ether and petroleum ether.(Ref. 0182)(Ref. 0220)(Ref. 0368)(Ref. 0369)(Ref. 0523)(Ref. 0527) |
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MASS SPECTRA | : | [Spectrum 0001] (provided by Dr. Takeshi Kasama). |
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REFERENCES |
AUTHOR | : | Hansen, F. P., et al. |
TITLE | : | Occurrence of n-Nonadecanoic Acid in Ox Perinephric Fat |
JOURNAL | : | Nature (London) |
VOL | : | 176 PAGE : 882 -882 (1955) |
AUTHOR | : | Murray, K. E., and Schoenfeld, R. |
TITLE | : | |
JOURNAL | : | J. Amer. Oil Chem. Soc. |
VOL | : | 29 PAGE : 416 - (1952) |
AUTHOR | : | Murray, K. E., and Schoenfeld, R. |
TITLE | : | |
JOURNAL | : | J. Amer. Oil Chem. Soc. |
VOL | : | 30 PAGE : 25 - (1953) |
AUTHOR | : | Weitkamp, A. W., et al. |
TITLE | : | The Free Fatty Acids of Human Hair Fat |
JOURNAL | : | J. Amer. Chem. Soc. |
VOL | : | 69 PAGE : 1936 -1942 (1947) |
AUTHOR | : | Wild, P., and Reychler, A. |
TITLE | : | |
JOURNAL | : | Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr., Ser. 3 |
VOL | : | 1 PAGE : 925 - (1889) |