A cyclic compound was isolated from the radiolytic products of each of the simple triglycerides containing C6, C8, C10, C12, C14, C16 and C18 fatty acids. In each case the compound was identified as the 2‐alkylcyclobutanone of the same carbon number as the precursor fatty acid. A mechanism is proposed for the production of these compounds which involves the formation of a six‐membered ring intermediate, cyclization and cleavage at the acyl‐oxy bond.
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