New Data About Molecular Structure of β‐Trilaurin

The X‐ray molecular structure of the ß‐trilaurin has been refined starting from the X‐ray model of ß‐tri‐ll‐bromoundecanoin (1). The interatomic distances and angles have been defined with a precision of 0.01 Å and 0.1° respectively. They are compared with those of the ß‐tricaprin (2). In both compounds, we observe a chair‐conformation for the molecule with all the hydrocarbon chains which lie in parallel plans.