C13H34O2 OLEIC See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

ACID  or C8H07•CH: CH . [See also:

• CH2
• CH2(OH)

CH2]7 • See also:

• CO2

CO2 H, an organic See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid occurring as a glyceride, triolein, in nearly all fats, and in many See also:

• OILS (adopted from the Fr. oile, mod. huile, Lat. oleum, olive oil)

oils--See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive, See also:

• ALMOND (from the O. Fr. almande or alemande, late Lat. amandola, derived through a form amingdola from the Gr. l uybian, an almond; the al- for a- is probably due to a confusion with the Arabic article al, the word having first dropped the a- as in the It

almond, See also:

• COD

cod-See also:

• LIVER (O. Eng. lifer; cf. cognate forms, Dutch lever, Ger. Leber, Swed. lefver, &c.; the O. H. Ger. forms are libara, lipora, &c.; the Teut. word has been connected with Gr. i'prap and Lat. jecur)

liver, &c . (see OILS) . It appears as a by-product in the manufacture of candles . To prepare it olive oil is saponified with potash, and See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead acetate added; the lead salts are separated, dried, and extracted with See also:

• ETHER, (C2H5)2O

ether, which dissolves the lead oleate; the See also:

• SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution is then treated with hydrochloric acid, the lead chloride filtered off, the liquid concentrated, and finally distilled under diminished pressure . Oleic acid is a colourless, odourless solid, melting at 14° and boiling at 223° (10 mm.) . On exposure it turns yellow, becoming rancid . Nitric acid oxidizes it to all the fatty acids from acetic to capric . Nitrous acid gives the isomeric elaidic acid, See also:

• C8H

C8H,7•CH:CH•(CH2]7 •See also:

• CO2H

CO2H, which is crystalline and melts at 51° . Hydriodic acid reduces both oleic and elaidic acids to stearic acid . Erucic acid, C8HwCH:CH•[CH2]n•CO2H, and the isomeric brassidic acid, belong to the oleic acid See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series . They occur as glycerides in See also:

• RAPE
• RAPE (from Lat. rapere, to seize)
• RAPE (Lat. rapum or rapa, turnip)

rape-See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed oil, in the fatty oil of See also:

• MUSTARD

mustard, and in the oil of See also:

• GRAPE

grape seeds .

Linoleic acid, C18H32O2, found as glyceride in drying oils, and ricinoleic acid, C18H33(OH)O2, found as glyceride in See also:

• CASTOR

castor oil, closely resemble oleic acid .