Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 3, 351-355, July 1962
Copyright © 1962 by Lipid Research, Inc.
3,7,11,15-Tetramethylhexadecanoic acid, a constituent of butterfat
W. Sonneveld , P. Haverkamp Begemann , G. J. van Beers , R. Keuning , and J. C. M. Schogt
Unilever Research Laboratory, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands
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.
Submitted on February 5, 1962