Tridecylic acid
Tridecylic acid, or tridecanoic acid, also reffred to as C13 fatty acid, is an organic compound with the formula. It is a 13-carbon saturated [fatty acid]. It is a white solid.
It is an Fatty acid#Even- [vs odd-chained fatty acids|odd-chained] saturated fatty acid found in human blood plasma. Thought, like other OCFAs in blood plasma, to originate mainly from rumen or gut-microbial lipogenesis, its metabolic role needs further study.
A laboratory preparation involves permanganate oxidation of 1-tetradecene.