a crystalline fatty acid found as glycerides in many vegetable oils: used in making soaps, insecticides, and synthetic resins. Formula: CH3(CH2)10COOH
Also called: lauric acid
Word origin
C20: from dodecane (see dodeca-, -ane)
Examples of 'dodecanoic acid' in a sentence
dodecanoic acid
Among synthesized dicarboxylic acids, 1,12-dodecanoic acid was obtained with the highest selectivity of 76%.
Lisicki Dawid, Orlińska Beata 2018, 'Oxidation of cyclic ketones to dicarboxylic acids', Polish Journal of Chemical Technologyhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/pjct.2018.20.issue-4/pjct-2018-0061/pjct-2018-0061.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Hexadecanoic acid (32.8%) and n-dodecanoic acid (7.8%) were identified as the major compounds.
Ramzi A. Mothana, Omar M. Noman, Ebtesam S. Al-Sheddi, Jamal M. Khaled, Mansour S.Al-Said, Adnan J. Al-Rehaily 2017, 'Chemical Composition, In Vitro Antimicrobial, Free-Radical-Scavenging and AntioxidantActivities of the Essential Oil of Leucas inflata Benth', Moleculeshttp://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/22/3/367. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)