Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Mono
unsaturated
fatty acid
(mono
unsaturated
fat
):
A
fatty acid
having one carbon-carbon
double bond
in its carbon chain.
Stearic acid
lacks a carbon-carbon
double bond
in its carbon chain, so this
molecule
is a
saturated fatty acid
.
Oleic acid
has one carbon-carbon
double bond
in its carbon chain, so this
molecule
is a mono
unsaturated
fatty acid
.
Arachidonic acid
has more than one carbon-carbon
double bond
in its carbon chain, so this
molecule
is a
polyunsaturated fatty acid.
Related terms:
Lipid
,
saturated
,
alpha,beta-unsaturated
,
α,β-unsaturated
,
monosubstituted
,
monosaccharide
,
monomer
,
monoatomic
,
monovalent
,
DBE
,
double bond equivalent
,
PBoR
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