Draw the structure of cetyl myristate, a minor component of spermaceti wax, formed from a 14-carbon fatty acid and a 16-carbon straight chain alcohol.
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To draw the wax, arrange the carboxyl group of the fatty acid (RCOOH) next to the OH group of the
alcohol (R’OH) with which it reacts. Then, replace the OH group of the fatty acid with the OR’ group
of the alcohol, forming an ester RCOOR’ with a new C—O bond at the carbonyl carbon.
Question 15.sp.2: Draw the structure of cetyl myristate, a minor component of ...
Draw the structures of the fatty acid and the alcohol, and replace the OH group of the 14-carbon acid with the O(CH_{2})_{15}CH_{3} group of the alcohol.
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