of caproic acid. The accepted nomenclature for this substance by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry is Hexanoic acid. It is a carboxylic acid derived from hexane with the general formula C5H11COOH. It is a colorless oily liquid with an odor reminiscent of goats or other barnyard animals. It is a fatty acid found naturally in various animal fats and oils, and is one of the chemicals that gives the decomposing fleshy seed coat of the ginkgo its characteristic unpleasant odor.
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Saturday, April 5, 2008
Goat Stink
For my good friends at Marble and Mud, to the right of this text is the chemical structure 
of caproic acid. The accepted nomenclature for this substance by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry is Hexanoic acid. It is a carboxylic acid derived from hexane with the general formula C5H11COOH. It is a colorless oily liquid with an odor reminiscent of goats or other barnyard animals. It is a fatty acid found naturally in various animal fats and oils, and is one of the chemicals that gives the decomposing fleshy seed coat of the ginkgo its characteristic unpleasant odor.
of caproic acid. The accepted nomenclature for this substance by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry is Hexanoic acid. It is a carboxylic acid derived from hexane with the general formula C5H11COOH. It is a colorless oily liquid with an odor reminiscent of goats or other barnyard animals. It is a fatty acid found naturally in various animal fats and oils, and is one of the chemicals that gives the decomposing fleshy seed coat of the ginkgo its characteristic unpleasant odor.
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