Straight-chain saturated acids and their methyl esters

Straight-chain saturated acids and their methyl esters

Table
Straight-chain saturated acids and their methyl esters
acid methyl ester
chain
length IUPAC
name common
name melting point
(°C) boiling point
(°C) melting point
(°C) boiling point*
(°C)
  1 methanoic formic 8 101 — 32  
  2 ethanoic acetic 17 118 — 56  
  3 propanoic propionic −21 141 — 80  
  4 butanoic butyric −8 162 — 102  
  5 pentanoic valeric −35 184 — 127  
  6 hexanoic caproic −2 205 — 150  
  7 heptanoic enanthic −9 223 — 172  
  8 octanoic caprylic 16 240 — 193  
  9 nonanoic pelargonic 15 255 — 214  
10 decanoic capric 31 268 — 224  
11 undecanoic — 29 284 — 1239
12 dodecanoic lauric 44 299 5 262  
13 tridecanoic — 45 312 6 901
14 tetradecanoic myristic 54 — 19 1292
15 pentadecanoic — 53 — 18 1413
16 hexadecanoic palmitic 63 — 31 1482
17 heptadecanoic margaric 63 — 30 —  
18 octadecanoic stearic 70 — 39 —  
19 nonadecanoic — 69 — 39 —  
20 eicosanoic arachidic 77 — 46 —  
21 heneicosanoic — 82 — 49 —  
22 docosanoic behenic 81 — 54 —  
23 tricosanoic — 79 — 53 —  
24 tetracosanoic lignoceric 88 — 60 —  
25 pentacosanoic — 84 — 61 —  
26 hexacosanoic cerotic 88 — 64 —  
27 heptacosanoic — 82 — 64 —  
28 octacosanoic montanic 90 — 67 —  
29 nonacosanoic — 90 — 69 —  
30 triacontanoic melissic 94 — 72 —  
*Boiling point at 760 millimetres unless at 1, 2, 3, or 9 millimetres as indicated by superscript.
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