6095. Methyl Linoleate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 112-63-0
(9Z,12Z)-9,12-Octadecadienoic acid methyl ester; linoleic acid methyl ester.
C19H34O2; mol wt 294.47.
C 77.50%, H 11.64%, O 10.87%.

Description and references

Prepn from safflower-seed oil: Parker et al., Biochem. Prep. 4, 88 (1955).

Chemical structure

Properties

Colorless oil. d418 0.8886. mp 35°. bp16 212°; bp4 192°. nD25 1.4593. Iodine value 172.4. More stable to air oxidation than linoleic acid. Miscible with dimethylformamide, fat solvents, oils.

Use

In the vitamin industry.