Alkenoic acids

Alkenoic acids (also alkenoates, alkenates or alkenecarboxylic acids ) are carboxylic acids which, in addition to a carboxy group, have at least one CC double bond in the hydrocarbon chain. Some alkenoic acids are of great importance as important and "healthy" fatty acids contained in fats . These are known as unsaturated fatty acids . A specific example is linoleic acid .

Acrylic acid (α, β-unsaturated propionic acid), whose esters , amides and nitriles are used as monomers for the production of plastics and adhesives, is of considerable technical and economic importance .

See also

• Omega n fatty acids (ω- n fatty acids)
• Omega-3 fatty acids (ω-3 fatty acids)
• Omega-6 fatty acids (ω-6 fatty acids)
• Omega-9 fatty acids (ω-9 fatty acids)

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christa-Maria Eulitz, Sigrid Scheuermann, Hans-Joachim Thier: Brockhaus ABC Chemie . VEB F. A. Brockhaus Verlag, Leipzig 1965, p. 27-28 .