title: Determination of double bond positions in fatty acids with conjugated double bonds.
abstract: The positions of the double bonds in fatty acids with conjugated double bonds may be determined by mass spectrometry of the methyl esters of their trimethylsilyl ether derivatives obtained by hydroxylation of the double bonds followed by silylation of the resulting polyols. The method has been applied to trans-9,trans-11- and trans-10, trans-12-octadecadienoic acid.
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D014297:Trimethylsilyl Compounds
chemical_list: D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D014297:Trimethylsilyl Compounds