LBF20406SC01

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LipidBank	DFA0213
LipidMaps	LMFA01030001
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Arachidonic acid
Structural Information
Systematic Name	5, 8, 11, 14-Eicosatetraenoic acid / 5, 8, 11, 14-icosatetraenoic acid
Common Name	Arachidonic acid 5, 8, 11, 14-Eicosatetraenoic acid 5, 8, 11, 14-icosatetraenoic acid
Symbol
Formula	C20H32O2
Exact Mass	304.240230268
Average Mass	304.46688
SMILES	C(CC=CCC=CCC=CCC=CCCCC(O)=O)CCC
Physicochemical Information
Melting Point	-49.5 °C
Boiling Point	163 °C at 1 mmHg
Density	0.9082 at 20 °C
Optical Rotation	1.4824 at 20 °C
Refractive Index
Solubility	soluble in acetone, methyl alcohol, ether and petroleum ether.
Source	Constituent of many animal phospholipids, also of some ferns and mosses. Confinded to fats of land animals; brain, liver, glandular and egg lipids.
Chemical Synthesis
Metabolism	Metabolic product of linoleic acid (9,12-18:2). The synthesis of 5,8,11,14-20:4 occurs via the following reaction sequence in the endoplasmic reticulum Sprecher_H et al.: 9,12-18:2 --> 6,9,12-18:3 --> 8,11,14-20:3 --> 5,8,11,14-20:4.
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Reported Metabolites, References
Biospecies ID Compound Name Reference Comment n.a. LBF20406SC01 See above. Horrobin_DF 1992 n.a. LBF20406SC01 See above. Sprecher_H et al. 1995