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Fatty acids
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I didn't sit through any of those and I don't get the joke. Do I upvote anyway, trusting that it's funny? Or just based on the conversation below? Such a dilemma...
its 2024. nobody cares about facts anymore...
I care.
I care deeply.
So deep...so deep...put her butt to sleep.
If you care about who is factually correct, then it's person 2 and 4:
Palmitic acid (hexadecanoic acid in IUPAC nomenclature) is a fatty acid with a 16-carbon chain. It is the most common saturated fatty acid found in animals, plants and microorganisms.
(Although person 3 is correct in that it is a carboxylic acid. It doesn't exclude the other terms though.)
When you realise to late, that it was a question