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Created page with "{{short description|Carboxylic acid}} {{Fats}} thumb|right|300px|Three-dimensional representations of several fatty acids. [[Saturated and unsaturated compounds|Saturated fatty acids have perfectly straight chain structure. Unsaturated ones are typically bent, unless they have a trans configuration.]] In chemistry, particularly in biochemistry, a '''fatty acid''' is a [[carboxylic acid]..."
 
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|+ Examples of Unsaturated Fatty Acids
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! Common name || Chemical structure || Δ{{sup|''x''}}{{efn|Each double bond in the fatty acid is indicated by Δx, where the double bond is located on the xth carbon–carbon bond, counting from the carboxylic acid end.}} || ''C'':''D''{{efn|name=c:d|1="C:D" is the numerical symbol: total amount of (C)arbon atoms of the fatty acid, and the number of (D)ouble (''unsaturated'') bonds in it; if D > 1 it is assumed that the double bonds are separated by one or more [[methylene bridge]](s).}} || IUPAC || ''n''−''x''{{efn|name=omega-x|1=In ''n minus x'' (also ω−x or omega-x) nomenclature a double bond of the fatty acid is located on the xth carbon–carbon bond, counting from the terminal methyl carbon (designated as n or ω) toward the carbonyl carbon.}}
! Common name || Chemical structure || Δ{{sup|''x''}} || ''C'':''D'' || IUPAC || ''n''−''x''
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|[[Myristoleic acid]] || CH{{sub|3}}(CH{{sub|2}}){{sub|3}}'''CH=CH'''(CH{{sub|2}}){{sub|7}}COOH || ''cis''-Δ{{sup|9}} || 14:1 || 14:1(9) || ''n''−5
|[[Myristoleic acid]] || CH{{sub|3}}(CH{{sub|2}}){{sub|3}}'''CH=CH'''(CH{{sub|2}}){{sub|7}}COOH || ''cis''-Δ{{sup|9}} || 14:1 || 14:1(9) || ''n''−5
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