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Index of chemical compounds with the same name From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An octadecatetraenoic acid is a chemical compound with formula C
18H
28O
2, a polyunsaturated fatty acid whose molecule has an 18-carbon unbranched backbone with four double bonds.[1]
The name refers to different structural and configurational isomers, that differ in the position of the double bonds and on whether they are in cis (Z) or trans (E) configuration. Some isomers have considerable biological, pharmaceutical, or industrial importance, such as:
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