List of Saturated Fatty Acids

Common NameSystematic NameStructural FormulaLipid Numbers
Propionic acidPropanoic acidCH3CH2COOHC3:0
Butyric acidButanoic acidCH3(CH2)2COOHC4:0
Valeric acidPentanoic acidCH3(CH2)3COOHC5:0
Caproic acidHexanoic acidCH3(CH2)4COOHC6:0
Enanthic acidHeptanoic acidCH3(CH2)5COOHC7:0
Caprylic acidOctanoic acidCH3(CH2)6COOHC8:0
Pelargonic acidNonanoic acidCH3(CH2)7COOHC9:0
Capric acidDecanoic acidCH3(CH2)8COOHC10:0
Undecylic acidUndecanoic acidCH3(CH2)9COOHC11:0
Lauric acidDodecanoic acidCH3(CH2)10COOHC12:0
Tridecylic acidTridecanoic acidCH3(CH2)11COOHC13:0
Myristic acidTetradecanoic acidCH3(CH2)12COOHC14:0
Pentadecylic acidPentadecanoic acidCH3(CH2)13COOHC15:0
Palmitic acidHexadecanoic acidCH3(CH2)14COOHC16:0
Margaric acidHeptadecanoic acidCH3(CH2)15COOHC17:0
Stearic acidOctadecanoic acidCH3(CH2)16COOHC18:0
Nonadecylic acidNonadecanoic acidCH3(CH2)17COOHC19:0
Arachidic acidEicosanoic acidCH3(CH2)18COOHC20:0
Heneicosylic acidHeneicosanoic acidCH3(CH2)19COOHC21:0
Behenic acidDocosanoic acidCH3(CH2)20COOHC22:0
Tricosylic acidTricosanoic acidCH3(CH2)21COOHC23:0
Lignoceric acidTetracosanoic acidCH3(CH2)22COOHC24:0
Pentacosylic acidPentacosanoic acidCH3(CH2)23COOHC25:0
Cerotic acidHexacosanoic acidCH3(CH2)24COOHC26:0
Heptacosylic acidHeptacosanoic acidCH3(CH2)25COOHC27:0
Montanic acidOctacosanoic acidCH3(CH2)26COOHC28:0
Nonacosylic acidNonacosanoic acidCH3(CH2)27COOHC29:0
Melissic acidTriacontanoic acidCH3(CH2)28COOHC30:0
Henatriacontylic acidHenatriacontanoic acidCH3(CH2)29COOHC31:0
Lacceroic acidDotriacontanoic acidCH3(CH2)30COOHC32:0
Psyllic acidTritriacontanoic acidCH3(CH2)31COOHC33:0
Geddic acidTetratriacontanoic acidCH3(CH2)32COOHC34:0
Ceroplastic acidPentatriacontanoic acidCH3(CH2)33COOHC35:0
Hexatriacontylic acidHexatriacontanoic acidCH3(CH2)34COOHC36:0
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