
Palmitic Acid
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Palmitic acid is a long-chain saturated fatty acid, found predominantly in palm oil and coconut oil and is also present in the human body, fruit, lard, butter, cheese and animal fats. It is obtained chemically from dimethyl 2-tetradecylmalonate using sodium hydride with methyl palmitate and the solvent reaction dimethyl carbonate. Synthesised, it...