title: Analogs of natural lipids. II. Polymorphic behavior of the tris-homoacyl derivatives of cyclopentane-1,2,3-triols.
abstract: The polymorphic behavior of three series of tris-homoacyl (C14:0, C16:0 and C18:0) cyclopentane-1,2,3-triol analogs of the natural saturated triglycerides has been studied using differential thermal analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction. It was found that the triglyceride analogs derived from the 1,2,3/0 and 1,2/3 cyclopentanetriols exhibit different polymorphic behavior than that of the natural triglycerides. The analogs derived from 1,3/2 cyclopentanetriol, however, were found to parallel the polymorphic behavior of the natural triglycerides quite closely. This polymorphic behavior is discussed in terms of the different configurations which the chains assume in each of the triglyceride analogs.
mesh_terms: D003517:Cyclopentanes; D005233:Fatty Alcohols; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013696:Temperature; D014280:Triglycerides; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D003517:Cyclopentanes; D005233:Fatty Alcohols; D014280:Triglycerides