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Abstract 12-Hydroxystearic acid was stacked to give a lamellar structure. 12-Hydroxy groups formed hydrogen bond sequences along the a-axis. The hydrocarbon chains took approximately an all-trans conformation, but might be slightly bent because of the 12-hydroxy group.
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Kuwahara et al. (1996) studied this question.
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