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MELISSIC ACID

CAS Number: 506-50-3
EC Number: 208-042-3
MDL number: MFCD00002813
Chemical formula: C30H60O2
Molar mass: 452.46 g/mol
IUPAC name: Triacontanoic acid

Melissic acid (or triacontanoic acid) is the organic compound with the formula CH3(CH2)28CO2H.
Melissic acid is classified as a very long chain fatty acid, a subset of saturated fatty acids.
Physical appearence of Melissic acid is a white solid that is soluble in organic solvents.
Melissic acid gets its name from the Greek word melissa meaning bee, since it was found in beeswax.

APPLICATIONS

Melissic acid was used in a study on identification and determination of very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid in freshwater crustacean species Bathynella natans.
Melissic acid has agricultural applications and is a useful compound in the removal of residual pesticides from fruit via ozone-microbubble treatment.
Moreover, Melissic acid is used as a viscosity control agent.

DESCRIPTION

Melissic acid is isolated from the pericarp of Trichosanthes rosthornii.
Also Melissic acid is a C30, very long straight-chain, saturated fatty acid.
Melissic acid is a straight-chain saturated fatty acid and an ultra-long-chain fatty acid.
And Melissic acid is a conjugate acid of a triacontanoate.
Triacontanoic acid is a natural product found in Kigelia africana, Terminalia chebula, and other organisms with data available.

Melissic acid, also known as melissate, is a member of the class of compounds known as very long-chain fatty acids.
Very long-chain fatty acids are fatty acids with an aliphatic tail that contains at least 22 carbon atoms.
Thus, melissic acid is considered to be a fatty acid lipid molecule.

Melissic acid is practically insoluble (in water) and a weakly acidic compound (based on its pKa).
Melissic acid can be found in dandelion and orange mint, which makes melissic acid a potential biomarker for the consumption of these food products.
Melissic acid (or triacontanoic acid) is a saturated fatty acid.

Melissic acid is a crystalline fatty acid C30H60O2 found free or in the form of its ester with myricyl alcohol in beeswax and other waxes and also obtained by oxidation of myricyl alcohol.
Melissic acid is A straight-chain fatty acid or mixture of acids corresponding to melissyl alcohol, found in various plant and animal waxes; specifically either n -triacontanoic acid (CH₃ (CH₂)₂₈ COOH) or triacontane-1-carboxylic acid (CH₃ (CH₂)₂₉ COOH).

Synthesis
n-Triacontanoic acid was synthesized by Bleyberg and Ulrich (1931) and by G.M. Robinson.

Self-assembly
Triacontanoic acid and triacontanamide (CH3(CH2)28-CONH2) can be self-assembled.

SYNONYMS

Triacontanoic acid
506-50-3
1-Triacontanoic acid
n-Triacontanoic acid
Melissinsaure
Triacontansaeure
Myricic acid
CH3-[CH2]28-COOH