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Triacontanols are alcohols of the general formula C30H62O, also known as Melissyl alcohol or Myricyl alcohol. They are found in plant cuticle waxes and in beeswax.
Behenyl alcohol, lignoceryl alcohol, ceryl alcohol, 1-heptacosanol, montanyl alcohol, 1-nonacosanol, myricylalcohol, 1-dotriacontanol, and geddyl alcohol are together classified as policosanol, with montanyl alcohol and myricylalcohol being the most abundant.
ALCOHOL (q.v.) with the elimination of a molecule of water.
The ester ethyl nitrate may be obtained from alcohol and nitric acid (an inorganic acid), and the ester ethyl acetate from alcohol and acetic acid (an organic acid).
Esters of cetyl alcohol are obtained by saponification—the reaction between an ester and a metallic base—of the head oil of the sperm whale.
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