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The autoxidation of highly unsaturated fatty acids: Methyl 4,7,10,13,16,19-docosahexaenoate

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Methyl docosahexaenoate was selected as a model system for studying the autoxidation of highly unsaturated fatty acids. The ester was oxidized at 50 C for 28 hr and the volatiles collected by high vacuum distillation and fractionated by gas chromatography. A number of aldehydes, aldehyde esters, hydrocarbons and methyl esters were identified. Mechanisms are proposed for the formation of these compounds.

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  1. Ann C. Noble

    Present address: University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario

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  1. Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts, 01002, Amherst, Mass.

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Noble, A.C., Nawar, W.W. The autoxidation of highly unsaturated fatty acids: Methyl 4,7,10,13,16,19-docosahexaenoate. J Am Oil Chem Soc 48, 800–803 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02609286

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