An example for a saturated fatty acid, present in nature is

Oleic acid

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linoleic acid

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Linolenic acid

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Palmitic acid

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Solution

The correct option is D
Palmitic acid

Option (d)
Oleic acid $- C_{17} H_{33} C O O H$ , linoleic acid $- C_{17} H_{31} C O O H$ , linolenic acid $- C_{17} H_{29} C O O H$ ,palmitic acid $- C_{15} H_{31} C O O H$ . Saturated monocarboxylic acids form a homologous series which has a general formula $- C_{n} H_{2 n + 1} C O O H$ or $- C_{n} H_{2 n} C O O H$ . Only palmitic acid follows this.

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