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lauric acid
Sign in to saveAlso known as dodecoic acid, dodecylic acid, duodecyclic acid, n-dodecanoic acid, vulvic acid, CH3-[CH2]10-COOH, C12:0, 1-undecanecarboxylic acid
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- C12H24O2
- Molecular weight
- 200.32 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- dodecanoic acid
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O
- InChIKey
- POULHZVOKOAJMA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 4.2
- Polar surface area
- 37.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
Lauric acid, systematically dodecanoic acid, is a saturated fatty acid with a 12-carbon atom chain, thus having many properties of medium-chain fatty acids. It is a bright white, powdery solid with a faint odor of bay oil or soap. The salts and esters of lauric acid are known as laurates. Lauric acid accounts for nearly half of the fat in coconut oil and palm kernel oil.
Occurrence
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