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Structure of Sterculic Acid and other Analogous Fatty Acids

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FOR sterculic acid Nunn1 has suggested structure (I); Verma et al. 2 have recently proposed structure (II).

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DIJKSTRA, G., DUIN, H. Structure of Sterculic Acid and other Analogous Fatty Acids. Nature 176, 71–72 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176071a0

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