The Occurrence of Optically Active 3-Methyl-dodecanoic Acid in Sperm Oil.

1 January 1965

journal article
research article
Published by Danish Chemical Society in Acta Chemica Scandinavica

Vol. 19 (5) , 1153-1158
https://doi.org/10.3891/acta.chem.scand.19-1153

Abstract

The main part of a liquid impurity in technical dodecanoic acid produced from hydrogenated sperm oil fatty acids has been isolated and characterized. The substance is optically active and by means of IR, NMR and mass spectrometric analyses it has been identified as (+)3-methyl-dodecanoic acid.

Keywords

OPTICAL ACTIVITY