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Fatty acid

DATA No : DFA0024 INFORMANT : Tetsuyuki Kobayashi
NAME : Tetracosanoic acid
COMMON NAME: Lignoceric acid
SYMBOL: Lig / C24:0
FORMULA: C24H48O2 MOL.WT (average) : 368.637

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BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
MELTING POINT:87.5-88.0degC
BOILING POINT:272degC at 10 mmHg
REFRACTIVE INDEX:1.4373 at 70degC
OPTICAL ROTATION:
DENSITY:d1004 0.8207
SOLUBILITY:soluble in 91.53% ethanol: 0.182 g/100 ml.(Ref. 0061)(Ref. 0079)(Ref. 0180)(Ref. 0230)(Ref. 0361)(Ref. 0516)(Ref. 0521)
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
Practically pure in beechwood tar
CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS

METABOLISM

GENETIC INFORMATION

NOTE

REFERENCES
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TITLE:
JOURNAL:Ber.Deut.Chem.Ges.
VOL:64 PAGE : 2504 - (1931)
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[0180]
AUTHOR:Francis, F. and Piper, S. G.
TITLE:
JOURNAL:J. Amer. Chem. Soc.
VOL:61 PAGE : 577 - (1939)
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[0230]
AUTHOR:Hell, C., and Hermanns, O.
TITLE:
JOURNAL:Ber. Deut. Chem. Ges.
VOL:13 PAGE : 1713 - (1880)
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[0361]
AUTHOR:Morgan, G. T., and Holemes, E.
TITLE:
JOURNAL:J. Soc. Chem. Ind. London Trans. Commun.
VOL:44 PAGE : 108 - (1925)
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[0516]
AUTHOR:Völcher, A.
TITLE:
JOURNAL:Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem.
VOL:64 PAGE : 342 - (1848)
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[0521]
AUTHOR:Ward, G. E., and Jamieson, G. S.
TITLE:
JOURNAL:J. Amer. Chem. Soc.
VOL:56 PAGE : 973 - (1934)
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