CH2-OH~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~CH2-COO-(CH2)16-CH3
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CH-OH+3COOH-(CH2)16-CH3 =CH-COO-(CH2)16-CH3
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CH2-OH~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~CH2-COO-(CH2)16-CH3
Replace the numbers with small ones, except for the "3" in front of COOH.
These are not Structural formulas, and double bonds are not seen ( In the COO part, because the carbon is double bonded with one of the oxygens. If it wasn't, it would have been written as CO2.)
~ is blank space.
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Edited by Sic, 10 April 2007 - 20:24.