Myristic acid (IUPAC name:tetradecanoic acid) is a commonsaturated fatty acid with the molecular formulaCH3(CH2)12COOH. Its salts andesters are commonly referred to asmyristates or tetradecanoates. The name of theacyl group derived from myristic acid ismyristoyl ortetradecanoyl. The acid is named after thebinomial name fornutmeg (Myristica fragrans), from which it was first isolated in 1841 byLyon Playfair.[12]
^abcdTetradecanoic acid in Linstrom, Peter J.; Mallard, William G. (eds.);NIST Chemistry WebBook, NIST Standard Reference Database Number 69, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg (MD)