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Preferred IUPAC name
Heptatriacontanoic acid | |
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C37H74O2 | |
Molar mass | 550.997 g·mol−1 |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Heptatriacontanoic acid, or heptatriacontylic acid, is a 37-carbon saturated fatty acid.
Heptatriacontanoic acid is present in Abelmoschus manihot and Alpinia nigra.[1][2] Heptatriacontanoic acid was also measured in zooplankton.[3]
The compound 4,21-dimethyl-5,19-di-(trans)-enoyl-heptatriacontanoic acid is the "structure of the major homolog of free mycobacteric acids" of Mycobacterium brumae.[4]
The expired U.S. patent 5502226 covers a method of ω-hydroxy acid preparation that includes heptatriacontanoic acid.[5]