Tariric acid

Tariric acid
Chemical structure of tariric acid
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Octadec-6-ynoic acid
Other names
6-octadecynoic acid
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C18H32O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18(19)20/h2-11,14-17H2,1H3,(H,19,20)
    Key: GVZXZHWIIXHZOB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • InChI=1/C18H32O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18(19)20/h2-11,14-17H2,1H3,(H,19,20)
    Key: GVZXZHWIIXHZOB-UHFFFAOYAC
  • CCCCCCCCCCCC#CCCCCC(=O)O
Properties
C18H32O2
Molar mass 280.44 g/mol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Tariric acid is an acetylenic fatty acid that can be found in the tallow-wood tree, Ximenia americana.[1]

Léon-Albert Arnaud (1853–1915) was the first scientist to describe the chemical make-up of tariric acid, an extraction from the glucoside of the "tariri plant" found in Guatemala.[2]

  1. ^ Fatope, Majekodunmi O., Oumar A. Adoum & Yoshio Takeda. (2000) C18 Acetylenic Fatty Acids of Ximenia americana with Potential Pesticidal Activity. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 48 (5): 1872–1874 doi:10.1021/jf990550k
  2. ^ Arnaud LA (1902). "Constitution of Tariric Acid". Journal of the Chemical Society. 82 Part 1: 342. and "Abstracts of Papers on Organic Chemistry". JCS.Abstracts: 342. 1902.