Tri acid esters

The most important esters of this class are, the neutral or tri-acid esters of glycerol with the higher acids of the saturated and the unsdtu-rated series. The most important acids, in this connection, are given in the following list ... 

Constitution of Fats and Oils.—These acids which have all been previously discussed (pp. 136 and 170) embrace the more common ones that are found as esters in most oils and fats. The tri-acid ester of glycerol and palmitic acid may be taken as an example of a typical fat. It is exactly analogous to the ester of glycerol and acetic acid which we have just considered, and its formula is ... 

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