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What is the correct German name for "Monolaurin" (C15H30O4)?

I have found "Laurinsäure" (C12H24O2) but this is a different substance. These two substances have a relation to each other but again, these are completely different.

It seems many languages have trouble translating these two words but it must have an official translation, right?

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  • Sounds pretty much like many chemicals in German, Sacharin, Amphetamin, Histamin, Bakin, ...source is English, I guess, but behind that, academic, modern Latin?
    – user unknown
    Mar 7, 2017 at 11:23
  • My guess is that Monolaurin itself is perfectly fine in German but I have to be sure. The answer below by @IQV confirms this even more. The exact source is unknown to me.
    – Tristan .L
    Mar 7, 2017 at 11:29
  • It sounds a lot more German than English to me.
    – TaW
    Dec 18, 2019 at 9:24

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According to internetchemie.info, "Monolaurin" is correct.

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