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Does Arachidonate is the same thing as Arachidonic Acid?

Chris Beulah  Follow

They are different though interconvertible. Arachidonate is a long-chain fatty acid anion resulting from the removal of a proton from the carboxy group of arachidonic acid. So, for example, if you mixed arachidonic acid with one equivalent of sodium hydroxide you would make sodium arachidonate.

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Connie Adams  Follow

Arachidonate is the conjugate base of arachidonic acid, and arachidonic acid is the conjugate acid of arachidonate. Arachidonate is negatively charged (-1), so it is used to name salts of arachidonic acid, and is also used in naming esters of arachidonic acid.

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