| 1 | Author | DouglasL. Dorset, AnthonyJ. Hancock | Requires cookie* |
| Title | Glycerol Conformation and the Crystal Structure of Lipids. I. An Electron Diffraction Study of Tripalmitin and Conformationally Fixed Analogs  | ||
| Abstract | Transmission electron diffraction is used as a qualitative analytical probe of poly methylene chain packing in three conformationally-restricted analogs of tripalmitin derived from configura tional isomers of cyclopentane-l,2,3-triol. The analysis demonstrates that the all trans "tuning-fork" conformation seen in X-ray crystal structure analyses on homologous compounds is also found in microcrystals, in contrast to a proposal by Fringeli et al. (Z. Naturforsch. 27 b, 780 [1972]) that an all cis conformation of the triglyceride exists in solvent-grown microcrystals and in multilayers. The presence of mixed polymorphs is also shown for bulk samples previously examined by X-ray powder diffraction techniques by other workers. | ||
| Reference | (Z. Naturforsch. 32c, 573 [1977]; received March 28 1977) | ||
| Published | 1977 | ||
| Keywords | Triglycerides, Crystal Structure, Electron Diffraction | ||
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