oleïc acid

See also: oleic acid

English

Noun

oleïc acid (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of oleic acid.
   • 1818, Thomas Thomson, “Of fixed oils”, in A System of Chemistry, in Four Volumes, volume II, Philadelphia, Pa.: […] Abraham Small, […], section VI (Of oleïc acid), page 294:

     The oleïc acid separated was again converted into soap by means of potash, and this soap again dissolved in water. An additional portion of margarate of potash precipitated. By repeating this process two or three times, the oleïc acid was obtained in a state of tolerable purity.

   • 1885, J[ohn] J[ames] Hummel, “Wool”, in The Dyeing of Textile Fabrics, London, Paris, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Cassell & Company, Limited, part “Fibres”, section 35, “Wool-fat”, page 38:

     The insoluble portion consists essentially of compounds of cholesterine and isocholesterine with oleïc acid, and in lesser amount with solid fatty acids, e.g., stearic acid and hyæna acid.

   • 1895, F[rantz] Peckel Möller, Cod-Liver Oil and Chemistry, London: Peter Möller, […], part II (Oxygen Compounds), page 192:

     Doubly linked acids with seventeen carbon-atoms are unknown, but with eighteen we know of oleïc acid and its isomers, elaïdic acid and iso-oleïc acid. Oleïc acid and elaïdic acid have one structure which has been differently interpreted as either one or other of these