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© Malcolm G Stephen 2004. sunflower oil coconut oil. cod liver oil whale oil. lard suet. Naturally occurring. Animal fat. Vegetable oil. Marine oil. Fats and oils are built from an alcohol with three -O-H groups . glycerol. Systematic name is propane-1,2,3-triol.
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sunflower oil coconut oil cod liver oil whale oil lard suet Naturally occurring Animalfat Vegetableoil Marine oil
Fats and oils are built from an alcohol with three -O-H groups. glycerol Systematic name is propane-1,2,3-triol
The other components of fat molecules are carboxylic acids such as Stearic acid Systematic name is octadecanoic acid
Fats and oils are ESTERS of glycerol and long chain carboxylic acids
Removal of water in the condensation reaction gives a fat- The structural formula shown above suggests that the fat molecule is shaped like an E, but the molecule is actually shaped more like this-
Fats are mainly built from carboxylic acids with C-C single bonds. Stearic acid in beef fat notice that with only C-C bonds the molecule is “straight”
Oils have some C=C bonds in the carboxylic acids from which they are made. Oleic acid in olive oil notice that the shape of the molecule is distorted by the C=C bond
Fat Fat molecules pack together tightly, making fats solid at room temperature. Oil Double bonds in oil make the molecule less compact. Less tightly packed molecules make oils liquid.
Converting C=C bonds to C-C will change oils into fats. This is done by addition of hydrogen (hydrogenation) using a nickel catalyst. in oil in fat