Fluoro-fatty acids in the seeds of Dichapetalum toxicarium [26]

Abstract

IT was reported by Peters, Hall, Ward and Sheppard1 that the seeds of Dichapetalum toxicarium contain at least two fluorinated long-chain fatty acids. The acid present in by far the larger amount was identified as ω-fluoro-oleic acid; but the other acid which is solid at room temperature was not properly identified because of the difficulty of isolating it in a sufficiently pure state.