1889 G. McGowan tr. Bernthsen'sText-bk. Org. Chem. 34 (table)C20H42. Eicosane.
1948 A. W. Ralston Fatty Acids xi. 882The following are the melting and boiling points which have been reported for the higher normal saturated hydrocarbons: nonadecane, C19H40, 32°, —; eicosane, C20H42, 38°, b0·5 148°; . [ etc.]
1966 Nomencl. Org. Chem. (I.U.P.A.C.) (ed. 2) A. 6The first four saturated unbranched acyclic hydrocarbons are called methane, ethane, propane and butane. Names of the higher members of this series consist of a numerical prefix and the termination ‘-ane’... Examples:..6 Hexane. 7 Heptane... 20 Eicosane.
1923 Chem. Abstr. XVII. 2560Normal eicosanic acid is found in nature in the oil of Nephelium lappaceum J. as a glyceride.
1953 Heilbron & Bunbury Dict. Org. Compounds (rev. ed. ) II. 464,n-Eicosanic Acid (Arachidic acid, n-nonadecane-1-carboxylic acid, eicosoic acid, eicosanoic acid).
1924 Chem. Abstr. XVIII. 4318/2 (Index),Eicosanoic acid. See Arachidic acid.
1948 A. W. Ralston Fatty Acids i. 44The vegetable oils generally contain less than 1% of eicosanoic acid.
Ibid. ,Coffee bean oil contains 2·11% of eicosanoic acid..and peanut oils from 3 to 4%.
1895 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXVIII. i. 127Icosenic acid, C20H38O2, is formed when behenolic acid is heated with fused caustic potash at 250–270°.
1953 Heilbron & Bunbury Dict. Org. Compounds (rev. ed. ) II. 464Δ10-Eicosenic Acid (Eicosenoic acid).
1936 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 1755The fatty matter present in the seeds of Simmondsia californica Nutt...is a mixture of wax-esters, and not glycerides... The chief acid is Δ11:12-eicosenoic.
1951 A. W. Johnson et al. in E. H. RoddChem. Carbon Compounds Ia. ix. 640,9-Eicosenoic acid, gadoleic acid, CH3(CH2)9CH:CH(CH2)7COOH is a common component of fish and marine animal oils such as herring and shark liver oil.
1954 E. W. Eckey Vegetable Fats & Oils xiv. 435Investigations made after eicosenoic acid had been isolated from rapeseed oil and shown to exist in substantial proportion in hare's ear mustard oil confirmed the presence of this C20 monoethenoic acid in rapeseed oil and indicated that it occurs generally in oils of the Cruciferae.
1923 Chem. Abstr. XVII. 4447/2 (Index),Eicosoic acid (eicosanic acid), n-.
1951 I. L. Finar Org. Chem. ix. 144Some still higher acids are found in waxes: arachidic (eicosoic), C20H40O2 (m.p. 77°), behenic (docosoic), C22H44O2 (m.p. 82°), . [ etc.]
icosi-
combining form
see icosa-
see icosa-