1. Given the following fatty acids: Caproic Acid,
Valeric Acid, Stearic Acid, Oleic Acid, Arachidonic Acid, Palmitic
Acid, Cerebronic Acid, Timnodonic Acid and Cervonic Acid.
1a. Group them into saturated and unsaturated fatty
acids. Identify the number of
carbons and number of double bonds, if present. Give
their biochemical name.
1b. Arrange them based on their melting point, from
lowest to highest.
1c. Which will you select as constituents of the cell
membrane? Why?