摘要: Fatty acids containing oxirane functional groups have unexpectedly been found in wide distribution seed oils, usually present as longchain glycerides. Four such discovered:cis- andtrans-9,10-epoxystearic acid; vernolic (cis-12,13-epoxyoleic) coronaric acid, isomeric with acid but the and double-bond functions reverse positions; andcis-15,16-epoxylinoleic acid. No single analytical tool has universally successful measuring oxirance content of epoxides. This appears to be caused by way which chemical reactivity three-membered cyclic ether is modified molecular structure presence nearby substituents.