LBussy
Well-Known Member
I'm moving some thoughts from this thread to here where they may be more appropriate. n that thread I said:
Now I went searching and I found an interesting page which is the source of the following:
Is it safe to say that ONLY those acids which form lipids (even number of carbon atoms) are "saponifiable?" If so, it would explain my question about those "in between" (odd carbon numbers). It would also explain why capric (C10:0), caprylic (C8:0), caproic (C6:0), & butyric (C4:0) acids are the only short-chained saturated fatty acids mentioned.
It does seem like only lipids (those with even numbers which react with glycerol) would bring glycerin to play when they are saponified. I think that's a fair "rule?"
Now I went searching and I found an interesting page which is the source of the following:
Is it safe to say that ONLY those acids which form lipids (even number of carbon atoms) are "saponifiable?" If so, it would explain my question about those "in between" (odd carbon numbers). It would also explain why capric (C10:0), caprylic (C8:0), caproic (C6:0), & butyric (C4:0) acids are the only short-chained saturated fatty acids mentioned.
It does seem like only lipids (those with even numbers which react with glycerol) would bring glycerin to play when they are saponified. I think that's a fair "rule?"
