Dodecanoic acid, also called lauric acid, is a saturated fatty acid with a 12-carbon atom chain and thus has many properties of medium-chain fatty acids. It is a bright white, powdery solid with a faint odor of bay oil or soap. The salts and esters of lauric acid are called laurates.
Fig.1 Ball-and-stick model of the lauric acid molecule, C12H24O2, AKA dodecanoic acid.
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