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Oxidative Rancidity. A mechanistic look at this reaction. Go to Slide Show mode and click to begin. H. CH=CH-CH-CH=CH. Reactive pentadiene unit in fatty acid chain. Reactive allylic bond. H. CH=CH-CH-CH=CH. Reactive pentadiene unit in fatty acid chain. Heat, light, metal ions
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Oxidative Rancidity A mechanistic look at this reaction Go to Slide Show mode and click to begin
H CH=CH-CH-CH=CH Reactive pentadiene unit in fatty acid chain
Reactive allylic bond H CH=CH-CH-CH=CH Reactive pentadiene unit in fatty acid chain
Heat, light, metal ions cause bond cleavage H CH=CH-CH-CH=CH
H CH=CH-CH-CH=CH Bond begins to break
H. . CH=CH-CH-CH=CH Bond is completely broken, forming a pentadienyl free radical
Resonance forms for the pentadienyl radical . CH=CH-CH-CH=CH . CH-CH=CH-CH=CH . CH=CH-CH=CH-CH The resonance hybrid will look more like one of the lower two structures because of the stability of conjugated double bonds
O-O . CH-CH=CH-CH=CH Reaction with atmospheric oxygen
O-O . CH-CH=CH-CH=CH Reaction with atmospheric oxygen
O-O . CH-CH=CH-CH=CH Reaction with atmospheric oxygen
O-O CH-CH=CH-CH=CH Bond begins to form
. O-O CH-CH=CH-CH=CH Unstable hydroperoxyl radical
HR . O-O CH-CH=CH-CH=CH Hydroperoxyl radical reacts with a molecule of the original lipid, removing a reactive allylic hydrogen (this is a propagation step)
.R Returns to propagation O-O-H CH-CH=CH-CH=CH
O-O-H CH-CH=CH-CH=CH Hydroperoxide (unstable, will decompose to form odor compounds)
O-O-H CH-CH=CH-CH=CH Bonds begin to break
Return to propagation . . O-H O . CH CH=CH-CH=CH . Bonds are broken, electrons pair up to form a carbon-oxygen double bond
O CH These aldehydes are the source of the rancid smell in lipid oxidation.