Melissic acid: Difference between revisions

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|IUPACName=triacontanoic acid

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| CASNo=506-50-3

| PubChem=10471

| SMILES= CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O}}

| Formula=C₃₀H₆₀O₂

| MolarMass=452.46 g/mol

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'''Melissic acid''' (or '''triacontanoic acid''') is a [[saturated fat|saturated fatty acid]].

==History==

Melissic acid was named as such because Melissa is derived from a [[Greek language|Greek]] word meaning bee, owing to the abundance of nectar in the flowers which attracts bees.

''n''-Triacontanoic acid was synthesized by Bleyberg and Ulrich (1931) and by Mrs. Robinson.<ref name='Chibnall'>{{cite journal | title = The isolation of n-triacontanol from lucerne wax | journal = Biochemical Journal | year = 1933 | first = Albert Charles | last = Chibnall | coauthors = Ernest Frank Williams, Alfred Louis Latner, Stephen Harvey Piper | volume = 27 | issue = 6 | pages = 1885–1888| pmid = 16745314 | accessdate = 2010-05-16 | pmc = 1253114}}</ref>

Triacontanoic acid and triacontanamide (CH₃(CH2)₂₈-CONHI) can be self-assembled.<ref name='Weinbach 1993'>{{cite journal | title = Self-assembled Langmuir monolayers and trilayers at the air-formamide interface | journal = Journal of Physical Chemistry | date = May 1993 | first = Susan P. | last = Weinbach | coauthors = Kristian Kjaer, Jens Als-Nielsen, Meir Lahav, Leslie Leiserowitz | volume = 97 | issue = 20 | pages = 5200–5203| doi = 10.1021/j100122a003 | accessdate = 2010-05-16}}</ref>

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[[de:Melissinsäure]]

[[lv:Melisīnskābe]]

[[pt:Ácido melíssico]]