Journal of Lipid Research (Jul 1962)

3,7,11,15-Tetramethylhexadecanoic acid, a constituent of butterfat*

  • W. Sonneveld,
  • P. Haverkamp Begemann,
  • G.J. Van Beers,
  • R. Keuning,
  • J.C.M. Schogt

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 3
pp. 351 – 355

Abstract

Read online

By subjecting the fatty acid methyl esters from butterfat to fractional distillation, urea fractionation, and preparative gas-liquid chromatography, a fatty acid was isolated that was characterized and identified as 3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadecanoic acid.