The analysis of fats containing cyclopropenoid fatty acids
Abstract
Cyclopropenoid compounds are labile in the presence of acidic reagents, silver nitrate and mercuric acetate; they are partially destroyed in the course of gas-liquid chromatographic analysis; and they give a mixture of straight and branched-chain acids on hydrogenation.
The difficulties associated with the isolation of methyl sterculate and of the analysis of fats for sterculic and malvalic acids are discussed.
Please wait while we load your content...