A botanist extracts a protective coating from the leaves of a desert plant. Chemical analysis confirms it is a wax. Waxes lack which component?
Q1. A botanist extracts a protective coating from the leaves of a desert plant. Chemical analysis confirms it is a wax. Waxes lack which component?
Answer: Long-chain alcohol
Explanation: Waxes are esters of long-chain fatty acids with long-chain alcohols, unlike acylglycerols which must contain a glycerol backbone.