Edible fats and oils : their composition, manufacture and analysis / by W.H. Simmons and C. Ainsworth Mitchell.

  • Simmons, W. H. (William Herbert)
Date:
1911
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Credit: Edible fats and oils : their composition, manufacture and analysis / by W.H. Simmons and C. Ainsworth Mitchell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    This acid combines with two atoms of bromine or iodine, and when treated with nitrous acid is converted into the isomeric ricinelaidie acid, which melts at 52—53° C. It differs from most fatty acids in possessing optical activity, its specific rotation being [a],= +6° 25”.