The molecule is an (omega-1)-hydroxy fatty acid anion resulting from the deprotonation of the carboxy group of 20-hydroxyhenicosanoic acid. The major species at pH 7.3. It is an (omega-1)-hydroxy fatty acid anion, a long-chain fatty acid anion and a straight-chain saturated fatty acid anion. It derives from a henicosanoate. It is a conjugate base of a 20-hydroxyhenicosanoic acid.
20-hydroxyhenicosanoate