title: trans-6-Hexadecenoic acid in the spadefish Chaetodipterus faber.
abstract: Fatty acid methyl esters were prepared from spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber) liver oil and were analyzed by open tublar gas chromatography. The unusual fatty acid trans-6-hexadecenoic acid was identified as a major monoenoic component by reductive ozonolysis and by mass spectrometry of the di-trimethylsilyl ether. Very minor amounts of 7-methyl-7-hexadecenoic acid were found.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000032:analysis*; D005399:Fishes; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
chemical_list: D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated