Wax acid
# Wax acid

The wax acids are a subgroup of saturated unbranched alkanoic acids. The frontier between fatty acids and wax acids is fluid. It often begins at 22 carbon atoms.

The members are:

* Behenic acid C-22
* Lignoceric acid C-24
* Cerotic acid C-26
* Montanic acid C-28
* Melissic acid C-30
* Lacceroic acid C-32
* Geddic acid C-34
