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IV. WAXES, HIGHER ALCOHOLS, ETC. 



fats. Those which have been identified contain 24 or fewer carbon atoms. 

 The unsaturated acids are found only in the liquid waxes. Oleic acid is 

 present in small amounts in the vegetable waxes, while larger proportions 

 have been noted in marine oils. Linoleic acid and the more highly un- 

 saturated linolenic acid accompany oleic acid in some of the fruit and 

 flower waxes. Palmitoleic (Cie) and 9-eicosenoic (C20) acids have been re- 



Table 10 

 Esters Occurring in Natural Waxes"- 



Ester 



Formula 



Cetyl laurate 

 Lauryl myristate 

 Myristyl myristate 

 Cetyl myristate 

 Ceryl myristate (b) 

 Cetyl palmitate 

 Octadecyl palmitate 

 Ceryl palmitate (6) 

 Myricyl palmitate 

 Melissyl margarate 

 Lauryl stearate 

 Cetyl stearate 

 Stearyl stearate 

 Ceryl stearate (b) 

 Myricyl stearate 

 Myxicyl isobehenate 

 Ceryl carnaubate (b) 

 Ceryl lignocerate (6) 

 Myi'icyl tetracosanate 

 Carnaubyl cerotate 

 Ceryl cerotate (b,b) 

 Myricyl cerotate (6) 

 Ceryl cerotate (c,c) 

 Montanyl cerotate (c) 

 Melissyl cerotate (c) 

 Tetracosyl neomontanate 

 Ceryl montanate (c) 

 Montanyl montanate 

 Ceryl myricinate (6) 

 Myricyl myricinate 

 Ceryl melissate (c) 

 Melissyl melissate 

 Myricyl laccerate 

 Lacceryl laccerate 

 Geddyl geddate 



CH3(CH.)hCH20 • 0C(CHo),„CH3 

 CH3(CH2).oCH20 • OC(CH2)i2CH3 

 CH3(CH2)i2CH20 • OC(CH2)i2CH3 

 CH3(CH.>)hCH20 • OC(CH2),2CH3 



C26H530-OC(CH2)l2CH3 



CH3(CH2)uCH20 • OC(CH2),4CH, 

 CH3(CH2),6CH20 • OC(CH2)uCH3 



C26H530-OC(CH2)z4CH3 



CsoHeiO • OC(CH2)i4CH3 

 C3iH6,0-OC(CH2),5CH3 

 CH3(CH2)ioCH20 • OC(CH2)i6CH3 

 CH3(CH2),4CH20- OC(CH2),6CH3 

 CH3(CH2),6CH20- OC(CH2),6CH3 



C26H530-OC(CH2)i6CH3 

 C30H6lO-OC(CH2),6CH3 



CsoHeiO • OCC21H43 



C26H530-OCC23H47 

 C26H530-OC(CH2)22CH3 



CsoHeiO • OCC23H47 

 C24H490 • OCC26H5) 

 C26H530 • OCC25H51 

 CaoHeiO • OCC25H61 

 C27H560 • OCC26H53 



C29H590-OCC,6H53 



CstHesO • OCC26H63 

 C24H490 ■ OCC27H55 



C27H550-OCC27H.,5 

 C29H690-OCC28H„ 



C26H630 • OCC29H59 

 CsoHeiO • OCC29H5J 



C27H55O-OCC30H6, 

 C3lH63OOCC30n61 



CsoHeiO • OCCjiHes 

 C32H660 • OCC31H63 

 C34H690 • OCC33H67 



" If the alcohol or acid group of the ester has 26 C atoms, it is referred to as (b); if 

 27 C atoms as (c). 



'' Adapted from A. II. Warth, The Chemistry ami Technolocjij of Waxes, Reiuhold, Nev\ 

 York, 1947, p. 33. 



