Q.15.C.30 - An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry

Question

Glyceryl triplymerate is found in the seeds of nurturing.  Triplymerate of used as a lubricant and fragrance in soaps and shaving creams. Isopropyl myristate is used to increase absorption in creams. Draw the condensed structural formula for each of the following.

a. myristic acid

b. glyceryl trimyristate

c. isopropyl myristate

d. production of saponification of glyceryl trimyristate with KOH.

e. reactants and products for oxidation of myristyl alcohol to myristic acid.

Step-by-Step Solution

Answer

a. The condensed formula of myristic acid  is given as 

b. The condensed formula of glyceryl trimyristate is given as  

c. The condensed formula of isopropyl myristate is given as:

d. The condensed formula of  potassium myristate is given as:

e. The condensed structural  formula of the product that is myristic acid is

and the reactant myristyl alcohol is given as:

Step 1: Part (a) Given information

The compound that is given is myristic acid.

Step 2: Part (a) Explanation

The condensed structural formula of myristic acid is given as follows:

Step 1: Part (b) Given information

To give the condensed formula of glyceryl trimyristate.

Step 2: Part (b) Explanation

The condensed formula of glyceryl trimyristate is given as follows:

Step 1: Part (c) Given information

To give the condensed structural formula for isopropyl myristate.

Step 2: Part (c) Explanation

The condensed structural formula for isopropyl myristate is given as follows:

Step 1: Part (d) Given information

To give the condensed formula for the production of saponification of glyceryl trimyristate with KOH. 

Step 2: Part (d) Explanation

Saponification is a process that involves the conversion of fat, oil, or lipid, into soap and alcohol by the action of aqueous alkali (for example, sodium hydroxide).  

Thus, in the saponification reaction of glyceryl trimyristate with KOH, the product that is formed is potassium myristate, and its condensed structural formula is given as follows:

Step 1: Part (e) Given information

To give the condensed structural formula of reactants and products for oxidation of myristyl alcohol to myristic acid. 

Step 2: Part (e) Explanation

In the oxidation of myristyl alcohol to myristic acid, the reactant is myristyl alcohol and the product is myristic acid. 

Therefore, the condensed structural formula of myristyl alcohol is given as:

The condensed structural formula of myristic acid is given as: