Waxes Esters of long-chain fatty acids with long-chain alcohols. Commonly found in nature. Spermaceti is found in the head of the sperm whale. Beeswax is a mixture of waxes,hydrocarbons,and alcohols that bees used to make their honeycomb. Carnauba wax is a mixture of waxes of high molecular weights 0 CHa(CH)O- (CH2)24CH3 CH3(CH2)23O- (CH2)26CH3 a component of beeswax a component of carnauba wax Chapter 25 Chapter 25 4 Waxes ▪ Esters of long-chain fatty acids with long-chain alcohols. ▪ Commonly found in nature. ▪ Spermaceti is found in the head of the sperm whale. ▪ Beeswax is a mixture of waxes, hydrocarbons, and alcohols that bees used to make their honeycomb. ▪ Carnauba wax is a mixture of waxes of high molecular weights. CH3(CH2)29O C O (CH2)24CH3 CH3(CH2)23O C O (CH2)26CH3 a component of beeswax a component of carnauba wax