Id | Image | COMMON NAME | NAME | DATA No | Lipid class | INFORMANT | SYMBOL | FORMULA | MOL.WT(average) | Download cdx file / Mol format file | BIOOGICAL ACTIVITY | PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES | SPECTRAL DATA | CHROMATOGRAM DATA | SOURCE | CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS | METABOLISM | GENETIC INFORMATION | NOTE | REFERENCES | |||||||||
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1 | ![]() | Formic acid | Methanoic acid | DFA0001 | Fatty acid | Tetsuyuki Kobayashi | Fo | CH2O2 | 46.025 | Download ChemDraw structure dataDownload Mol format file | Dangerously caustic to skin. Chronic absorption is reported to cause albuminuria, hematuria. LD50 in mice 1100 mg/kg orally, 145 mg/kg i.v.. << Ref. 2013>> Therapeutic category; counterirritant, astringent. | 8.4![]() | 100.5![]() | d![]() | 1.3714 at 20![]() | miscible with water, alcohol, ether and glycerol.<< Ref. 0347>><< Ref. 0481>> | Formica rufa (red ant). | Made by carbon monoxide and NaOH under pressure and decompose the resulting sodium formate with H2SO4. << Ref. 0002>> | << Ref.0002 >> AUTHOR: Abraham, E.P., et al. TITLE: JOURNAL: J.Chem.Soc.London VOLUME: 21 PAGE: 948 - (1937) << Ref.0347 >> AUTHOR: Markley, K. S., et. al. 1960 Fatty Acids : Their Chemistry, Properties, Production,and Uses. Ed.2. Interscience, New York. v.1, pp.23-249 TITLE: JOURNAL: VOLUME: PAGE: - () << Ref.0481 >> AUTHOR: Toubes, B. TITLE: JOURNAL: Kirk-Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. VOLUME: 6 PAGE: 875 - (1951) << Ref.2013 >> AUTHOR: Sprecher, H., Luthria, D. L., Mohammed, B. S., and Baykousheva, S. P. TITLE: Reevaluation of the pathways for the biosynthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids PubMed ID:8847474 JOURNAL: J Lipid Res. VOLUME: 36 PAGE: 2471-2477(1995) | ||||||||||
2 | ![]() | Acetic acid | Ethanoic acid | DFA0002 | Fatty acid | Tetsuyuki Kobayashi | Ac | C2H4O2 | 60.052 | Download ChemDraw structure dataDownload Mol format file | 16.7![]() | 118.2![]() | d![]() | 1.3718 at 20![]() | miscible with water, alcohol, ether, glycerol and carbon tetrachloride;practically insoluble in carbon disulfide. << Ref. 0168>><< Ref. 0347>> | Vinegar | Obtained in the destructive distillation of wood; from acetylene and water via acetaldehyde by oxidation with air. Manufacture process. << Ref. 1001>><< Ref. 1002>><< Ref. 1003>><< Ref. 1004>><< Ref. 1005>><< Ref. 1006>><< Ref. 1007>> | << Ref.0168 >> AUTHOR: Fairbain,D. TITLE: JOURNAL: Can.J.Biochem.Physiol. VOLUME: 33 PAGE: 31 - (1955) << Ref.0347 >> AUTHOR: Markley, K. S., et. al. 1960 Fatty Acids : Their Chemistry, Properties, Production,and Uses. Ed.2. Interscience, New York. v.1, pp.23-249 TITLE: JOURNAL: VOLUME: PAGE: - () << Ref.1001 >> AUTHOR: Bhattacharyya, Sourirajan TITLE: JOURNAL: J.Appl.Chem.(London) VOLUME: 6 PAGE: 442 - (1956) << Ref.1002 >> AUTHOR: Bhattacharyya, Sourirajan TITLE: JOURNAL: J.Appl.Chem.(London) VOLUME: 9 PAGE: 126 - (1959) << Ref.1003 >> AUTHOR: Elice et al. (1957) U.S. pat.,2,800,504,to Distillers Co. TITLE: JOURNAL: VOLUME: PAGE: - () << Ref.1004 >> AUTHOR: Wirth (1957) U.S.pats,2, 818, 428, to british Petroleum TITLE: JOURNAL: VOLUME: PAGE: - () << Ref.1005 >> AUTHOR: Mckusick and Hoover (1960) U.S.pats.,2, 940, 913, and 2,940,914, to du Pont TITLE: JOURNAL: VOLUME: PAGE: - () << Ref.1006 >> AUTHOR: Faith, Keyes and Clark's Industrial Chemicals 4th ed. (Lowenheim,F.A.,Moran,M.K. eds.), pp8-15, Wiley-Interscience, New York TITLE: JOURNAL: VOLUME: PAGE: - (1975) << Ref.1007 >> AUTHOR: (1978), in F.S.Wagner in Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology vol.1 3rd ed., pp124-147, Wiley-Interscience, New York TITLE: JOURNAL: VOLUME: PAGE: - () | |||||||||||
3 | ![]() | Propioic acid | Propanoic acid | DFA0003 | Fatty acid | Tetsuyuki Kobayashi | Pp | C3H6O2 | 74.079 | Download ChemDraw structure dataDownload Mol format file | -22.0![]() | 141.1![]() | d![]() | 1.3874 at 20![]() | soluble in alcohol, ether and chloroform. << Ref. 0347>> | Milk and milk products. Can be obtained from wood pulp waste liquor by a fermentation process using bacteria of the genus Propionibacterium.<< Ref. 1008>> From natural gas by the Fischer-Tropsch process;as a byproduct in the pyrolysis of wood; by the action of microorganisms on a variety of materials in small yields. Very pure propionic acid can be obtained from propionitrile. | Preparation from ethylene,carbon monoxide and steam.<< Ref. 1009>><< Ref. 1010>>From ethanol and carbon monoxide using a boron trifluoride catalyst.<< Ref. 1011>>By oxidation of propionaldehyde<< Ref. 1012>> | << Ref.0347 >> AUTHOR: Markley, K. S., et. al. 1960 Fatty Acids : Their Chemistry, Properties, Production,and Uses. Ed.2. Interscience, New York. v.1, pp.23-249 TITLE: JOURNAL: VOLUME: PAGE: - () << Ref.1008 >> AUTHOR: Wayman et al.(1962 ),in U.S.pat.,pp3067,-107,to Colombia Cellulose TITLE: JOURNAL: VOLUME: PAGE: - () << Ref.1009 >> AUTHOR: (1956), in Reppe, Angew.Chem.,46 TITLE: JOURNAL: VOLUME: PAGE: - () << Ref.1010 >> AUTHOR: Larson (1948) in U.S.pat.,pp2,448,375, to du Pont TITLE: JOURNAL: VOLUME: PAGE: - () << Ref.1011 >> AUTHOR: Loder,(1939),in U.S.pats.,pp2,135,448;2,135,451;2,135,453,to du Pont TITLE: JOURNAL: VOLUME: PAGE: - () << Ref.1012 >> AUTHOR: Hasche,(1942),in U.S.pat.,2,294,984, to Kodak TITLE: JOURNAL: VOLUME: PAGE: - () | |||||||||||
4 | ![]() | Butyric acid | Butanoic acid | DFA0004 | Fatty acid | Tetsuyuki Kobayashi | Bt/C4:0 | C4H8O2 | 88.105 | Download ChemDraw structure dataDownload Mol format file | -7.9![]() | 163.5![]() | d![]() | 1.33906 at 20![]() | miscible with water, alcohol, ether.<< Ref. 0347>> | Butterfat | Obtained by suitable fermentation of carbohydrates;preparation from n-propanol + CO at 200 atm in the presense of Ni(CO)4 and NiI2.<< Ref. 1012>>; lab preparation from ethylmalonic acid. | << Ref.0347 >> AUTHOR: Markley, K. S., et. al. 1960 Fatty Acids : Their Chemistry, Properties, Production,and Uses. Ed.2. Interscience, New York. v.1, pp.23-249 TITLE: JOURNAL: VOLUME: PAGE: - () << Ref.1012 >> AUTHOR: Hasche,(1942),in U.S.pat.,2,294,984, to Kodak TITLE: JOURNAL: VOLUME: PAGE: - () | |||||||||||
5 | ![]() | Valeric acid | Pentanoic acid | DFA0005 | Fatty acid | Tetsuyuki Kobayashi | Vl/C5:0 | C5H10O2 | 102.132 | Download ChemDraw structure dataDownload Mol format file | -34.5![]() | 187.0![]() | d![]() | 1.4086 at 20![]() | soluble in 30 parts water; freely soluble in alcohol, ether.<< Ref. 0007/0201/0288/0334/0347>> | Essential oils | Obtained by decomposition of n-propylmalonic acid. | << Ref.0007 >> AUTHOR: Adams, R.G.,and Marvel, C.S. TITLE: JOURNAL: J.Amer.Chem.Soc. VOLUME: 42 PAGE: 310 - (1920) << Ref.0201 >> AUTHOR: Guenther, E. 1948. The Essential Oils. Vol. 1, Van Nostrand, New York. TITLE: JOURNAL: VOLUME: PAGE: - () << Ref.0288 >> AUTHOR: Klein, A., and Stigol, M. TITLE: JOURNAL: Pharm. Zentralh. VOLUME: 71 PAGE: 497 - (1930) << Ref.0334 >> AUTHOR: Lieben, A., and Rossi, A. TITLE: JOURNAL: Ann. Chim. (Paris) VOLUME: 159 PAGE: 58 - (1871) << Ref.0347 >> AUTHOR: Markley, K. S., et. al. 1960 Fatty Acids : Their Chemistry, Properties, Production,and Uses. Ed.2. Interscience, New York. v.1, pp.23-249 TITLE: JOURNAL: VOLUME: PAGE: - () | |||||||||||
6 | ![]() | Caproic acid | Hexanoic acid | DFA0006 | Fatty acid | Tetsuyuki Kobayashi | Hxo/C6:0 | C6H12O2 | 116.158 | Download ChemDraw structure dataDownload Mol format file | -3.4![]() | 205.8![]() | d![]() | 1.41635 at 20![]() | slightly soluble in water (1.082g/100g); readily soluble in ethanol,ether.<< Ref. 0347>><< Ref. 0408>><< Ref. 0449>> | Butterfat;palm oils | Manufactured by catalytic reduction of corresponding b-lactone. | << Ref.0347 >> AUTHOR: Markley, K. S., et. al. 1960 Fatty Acids : Their Chemistry, Properties, Production,and Uses. Ed.2. Interscience, New York. v.1, pp.23-249 TITLE: JOURNAL: VOLUME: PAGE: - () << Ref.0408 >> AUTHOR: Ralston, A. W. 1948. Fatty Acids and Their Derivatives. J. Wiley, New York. TITLE: JOURNAL: VOLUME: PAGE: - (1948) << Ref.0449 >> AUTHOR: Simon, L. G. TITLE: JOURNAL: Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg. VOLUME: 38 PAGE: 27 - (1929) | |||||||||||
7 | ![]() | Heptylic acid / Enanthic acid / Enanthylic acid / Heptoic acid | Heptanoic acid | DFA0007 | Fatty acid | Tetsuyuki Kobayashi | Hpo / C7:0 | C7H14O2 | 130.185 | Download ChemDraw structure dataDownload Mol format file | -10.5![]() | 223.0![]() | d![]() | 1.4230 at 20![]() | soluble in ethanol, ether, DMF and DMSO.<< Ref. 0347>><< Ref. 0408>><< Ref. 0424>> | Violet-leaf oil. | Prepared by the oxidation of heptaldehyde with potassium permanganate in dilute sulfuric acid. | << Ref.0347 >> AUTHOR: Markley, K. S., et. al. 1960 Fatty Acids : Their Chemistry, Properties, Production,and Uses. Ed.2. Interscience, New York. v.1, pp.23-249 TITLE: JOURNAL: VOLUME: PAGE: - () << Ref.0408 >> AUTHOR: Ralston, A. W. 1948. Fatty Acids and Their Derivatives. J. Wiley, New York. TITLE: JOURNAL: VOLUME: PAGE: - (1948) << Ref.0424 >> AUTHOR: Ruzicka, L., and Schinz, H. TITLE: Die nichtaldehydischen Bestandteile des Veilchen batter oils JOURNAL: Helv. Chim. Acta VOLUME: 18 PAGE: 381 - (1935) | |||||||||||
8 | ![]() | Caprylic acid / Octylic acid | Octanoic acid | DFA0008 | Fatty acid | Tetsuyuki Kobayashi | Oco / C8:0 | C8H16O2 | 144.211 | Download ChemDraw structure dataDownload Mol format file | 16.7![]() | 239.7![]() | d![]() | 1.4285 at 20![]() | very slightly soluble in water (0.068g/100g at 20![]() | Butterfat;palm-kernel oils | << Ref.0347 >> AUTHOR: Markley, K. S., et. al. 1960 Fatty Acids : Their Chemistry, Properties, Production,and Uses. Ed.2. Interscience, New York. v.1, pp.23-249 TITLE: JOURNAL: VOLUME: PAGE: - () | ||||||||||||
9 | ![]() | Pelargonic acid / Nonylic acid | Nonanoic acid | DFA0009 | Fatty acid | Tetsuyuki Kobayashi | Nno / C9:0 | C9H18O2 | 158.238 | Download ChemDraw structure dataDownload Mol format file | 12.5![]() | 255.6![]() | d![]() | 1.4322 at 20![]() | practically insoluble in water; soluble in alcohol, chloroform and ether.<< Ref. 0021>><< Ref. 0022>><< Ref. 0523>> | Butterfat;hair fat | << Ref.0021 >> AUTHOR: Armstrong, E.F., and Hilditch, T.P. TITLE: JOURNAL: J.Am.Chem.Soc. VOLUME: 44 PAGE: 132 - (1922) << Ref.0022 >> AUTHOR: Armstrong, E.F., and Hilditch, T.P. TITLE: JOURNAL: J.Soc.Chem.Ind.London Trans.Commun. VOLUME: 44 PAGE: 33 - (1925) << Ref.0523 >> AUTHOR: Weitkamp, A. W., et al. TITLE: The Free Fatty Acids of Human Hair Fat JOURNAL: J. Amer. Chem. Soc. VOLUME: 69 PAGE: 1936 -1942 (1947) | ||||||||||||
10 | ![]() | Capric acid | Decanoic acid | DFA0010 | Fatty acid | Tetsuyuki Kobayashi | Dec / Dco / C10:0 | C10H20O2 | 172.265 | Download ChemDraw structure dataDownload Mol format file | 31.6![]() | 270.0![]() | d404 0.8858 | 1.42855 at 40![]() | practically insoluble in water (0.015g/100g at 20![]() | Butterfat;palm-kernel oils | << Ref.0353 >> AUTHOR: McKinney, R. S., and Jamieson, G. S. TITLE: JOURNAL: Oil Soap (Cicago) VOLUME: 15 PAGE: 172 - (1939) << Ref.0380 >> AUTHOR: Nobori, H. J. TITLE: JOURNAL: Kogyo Kagaku Zasshi VOLUME: 43 PAGE: 199 - (1940) << Ref.0449 >> AUTHOR: Simon, L. G. TITLE: JOURNAL: Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg. VOLUME: 38 PAGE: 27 - (1929) | ||||||||||||
11 | ![]() | Undecylic acid / Hendecanoic acid | Undecanoic acid | DFA0011 | Fatty acid | Tetsuyuki Kobayashi | Udo / C11:0 | C11H22O2 | 186.291 | Download ChemDraw structure dataDownload Mol format file | 29.3![]() | 284.0![]() | d![]() | 1.4202 at 70![]() | soluble in alcohol, chloroform and ether.<< Ref. 0219>><< Ref. 0523>> | Human-hair fat. | << Ref.0219 >> AUTHOR: Hansen, R. P., et al. TITLE: JOURNAL: Chem. Ind. (London) VOLUME: PAGE: 92 - (1955) << Ref.0523 >> AUTHOR: Weitkamp, A. W., et al. TITLE: The Free Fatty Acids of Human Hair Fat JOURNAL: J. Amer. Chem. Soc. VOLUME: 69 PAGE: 1936 -1942 (1947) | ||||||||||||
12 | ![]() | Lauric acid | Dodecanoic acid | DFA0012 | Fatty acid | Tetsuyuki Kobayashi | Lau / C12:0 | C12H24O2 | 200.318 | Download ChemDraw structure dataDownload Mol format file | 44.2![]() | 225![]() | d504 0.8690 | 1.4261 at 60![]() | insoluble in water; 1g dissolves in 1 ml alcohol, 2.5 ml propyl alcohol; freely soluble in benzene, ether. << Ref. 0055>><< Ref. 0226>><< Ref. 0236>> | Lauraceae oils;Arecaceae | << Ref.0055 >> AUTHOR: Bauer, K.H., and Junge, R. TITLE: JOURNAL: Arch.Pharm.(Weinheim) VOLUME: 272 PAGE: 841 - (1934) << Ref.0226 >> AUTHOR: Hata, T. TITLE: JOURNAL: Nippon Kagaku Kaishi VOLUME: 60 PAGE: 122 -125 (1939) << Ref.0236 >> AUTHOR: Hilditch, T. P. and Vidyarthi, N. L. TITLE: JOURNAL: J. Soc. Chem. Ind. London Trans. Commun. VOLUME: 46 PAGE: 172 - (1927) | ||||||||||||
13 | ![]() | Tridecylic acid | Tridecanoic acid | DFA0013 | Fatty acid | Tetsuyuki Kobayashi | C13:0 | C13H26O2 | 214.344 | Download ChemDraw structure dataDownload Mol format file | 41.5![]() | 236![]() | d![]() | 1.4286 at 60![]() | soluble in acetone, alcohol, ether and petroleum ether.<0219>><< Ref. 0305>><< Ref. 0445>><< Ref. 0523>> | Human-hair fat | << Ref.0305 >> AUTHOR: Krafft, F. TITLE: JOURNAL: Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem. VOLUME: 12 PAGE: 1668 - (1879) << Ref.0445 >> AUTHOR: Shorland, F. B., Gerson, T., and Hansen, R. P. TITLE: Branched-chain fatty acids of butterfat. 7. Investigation of the C13 acids PubMed ID:13276359 JOURNAL: Biochem J. VOLUME: 61 PAGE: 702-704(1955) << Ref.0523 >> AUTHOR: Weitkamp, A. W., et al. TITLE: The Free Fatty Acids of Human Hair Fat JOURNAL: J. Amer. Chem. Soc. VOLUME: 69 PAGE: 1936 -1942 (1947) | ||||||||||||
14 | ![]() | Myristic acid | Tetradecanoic acid | DFA0014 | Fatty acid | Tetsuyuki Kobayashi | Myr / C14:0 | C14H28O2 | 228.371 | Download ChemDraw structure dataDownload Mol format file | 53.9![]() | 250![]() | d544 0.8622 | 1.4273 at 70![]() | soluble in absolute alcohol, methanol, ether, petroleum ether, benzene and chloroform. << Ref. 0165>><< Ref. 0237>><< Ref. 0391>><< Ref. 0461>> | [Spectrum 0001] (provided by Dr. Takeshi Kasama) | Gas liquid chromatogram [Chromatogram 0001] [Chromatogram 0002] (provided by Dr. Akiko Horiuchi). | Myristicaceae fats | << Ref.0165 >> AUTHOR: Elsdon, G. D. TITLE: JOURNAL: Analyst (London) VOLUME: 38 PAGE: 8 - (1913) << Ref.0237 >> AUTHOR: Hilditch, T. P., and Vidyarthi, N. L. TITLE: JOURNAL: J. Soc. Chem. Ind. London Trans. Commun. VOLUME: 47 PAGE: 35 - (1928) << Ref.0391 >> AUTHOR: Playfair, L. TITLE: JOURNAL: Ann. Chem. Pharm. VOLUME: 37 PAGE: 152 - (1841) << Ref.0461 >> AUTHOR: Steger, A., and van Loon, J. TITLE: JOURNAL: Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas VOLUME: 54 PAGE: 149 - (1935) | ||||||||||
15 | ![]() | Pentadecylic acid | Pentadecanoic acid | DFA0015 | Fatty acid | Tetsuyuki Kobayashi | C15:0 | C15H30O2 | 242.398 | Download ChemDraw structure dataDownload Mol format file | 52.3![]() | 202.5![]() | d![]() | 1.4292 at 70![]() | soluble in acetone, alcohol, ether and petroleum ether.<< Ref. 0305>><< Ref. 0362>><< Ref. 0523>> | [Spectrum 0001] (provided by Dr. Takeshi Kasama). | Sheep,hair and milk fats |