fatty acid

IUPAC name

carbon atoms

propionic butyric valeric caproic caprylic palergonic capric lauric myristic palmitic margaric stearic arachidic behenic lignoceric

pentanoic hexanoic heptanoic octanoic nonaoic decanoic undecanoic dodecanoic tridecanoic tetradecanoic hexadecnoic heptadecanoic octadecanoic eicosanoic docosanoic tetracosanoic

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 20 22 24

oleic elaidic petroselenic petroselaidic vacennic gadoleic erucic myristoleic palmitoleic

18:1 c9 18:1 t9 18:1 c6 18:1 t6 18:1 t11 20:1 c9 22:1 c13 14:1 c9 16:1 c9

linoleic linolelaidic linolenic linolenelaidic hiragonic alpha eleosteric beta eleosteric arachidonic pentaenoic

18:2 c9 c12 18:2 t9 t12 18:3 c9 c12 c15 18:3 t9 t12 t15 18:3 c6 c10 c12 18:3 c9 t11 t13 18:3 t9 t11 t13 20:4 c5 c8 c11 c14 20:5 c4 c8 c12 c15 c18

ricinoleic ricinelaidic kamalolenic licanic vernolic

12-OH 18:1 c9 12-OH 18:1 t9 18-OH 18:3 c9 c11 c13 4-keto 18:3 c9 c11 c13 12,13-epoxy 18:1 c9