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IT was reported by Peters, Hall, Ward and Sheppard1 that the seeds of Dichapetalum toxicarium contain at least two fluorinated long-chain fatty acids. The acid present in by far the larger amount was identified as ω-fluoro-oleic acid; but the other acid which is solid at room temperature was not properly identified because of the difficulty of isolating it in a sufficiently pure state.
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WARD, P., HALL, R. & PETERS, R. Fluoro-fatty Acids in the Seeds of Dichapetalum toxicarium. Nature 201, 611–612 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201611b0
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