Question

An example for a saturated fatty acid, present in nature is

• A. Oleic acid
• B. linoleic acid
• C. Linolenic acid
• D. Palmitic acid

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Palmitic acid

Answer 2

Oleic acid - , linoleic acid- $\mathrm { C } _ { 17 } \mathrm { H } _ { 31 } \mathrm { COOH }$ , linolenic acid - $\mathrm { C } _ { 17 } \mathrm { H } _ { 29 } \mathrm { COOH }$ , palmitic acid - .

Saturated monocarboxylic acids form a homologous series which has a general formula or . Only palmitic acid follows this.