3,7,11,15-Tetramethylhexadecanoic acid, a constituent of butterfat

Abstract

By subjecting the fatty acid methyl esters from butterfat to fractional distillation, urea fractionation, and preparative gas-liquid chromatography, a fatty acid was isolated that was characterized and identified as 3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadecanoic acid.