Organic Chemistry
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Author: John E. McMurry
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 29.4, Problem 5P
Evidence for the role of acetate in fatty-acid biosynthesis comes from isotopelabeling experiments. If acetate labeled with 13C in the methyl group (13CH3CO2H) were incorporated into fatty acids, at what positions in the fattyacid chain would you expect the 13C label to appear?
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