Tariric acid

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).
Infobox references

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

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.

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