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What fatty acids have double bonds in the carbon chain whenever the number of hydrogen is less than two per carbon?
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What is true of saturated fatty acid?
They have the maximum number of hydrogen atoms.
What is the difference between a saturaded and unsaturaded fatty acid?
The difference between a saturated and unsaturated fatty acid are the number of hydrogen atoms and double carbon bonds in the fatty acid chain. A saturated fatty acid has no carbon double bonds, two hydrogen atoms for each carbon atom along the chain and three for the carbon atom at each end. In an unsaturated fatty acid chain some of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by a double bond between neighboring carbon atoms. Mon-unsaturated and poly-unsaturated fatty acids differ in the number of double carbon bonds in the chain, and thus the total number of hydrogen atoms.
Lipid molecules that have the maximum number of hydrogen atoms possible are referred to as unsaturated?
No. Lipid molecules that are unsaturated have less hydrogen atoms because of carbon-carbon double bonds.
What is the meaning of solubility saturatedand unsaturated?
If a compound is saturated, it means that there are no Carbon-Carbon double or triple bonds. If it is unsaturated, it means that there are Carbon-Carbon double or triple bonds present. The degree of unsaturation can be calculated from the number of hydrogen atoms (0r pi-bonds), since the number of hydrogen atoms decreases as unsaturation increases.
What is the atomic number carbon hydrogen?
The atomic number for hydrogen is 1 and the atomic number for carbon is 6.
The process add hydrogen atoms decreasing the number of double bonds?
This process is called hydrogenation. In order to saturate the double bonds with hydrogen a Lindlar catalyst is needed which is usually Palladium on Carbon (Pd/C)
What is the oxidation number of carbon in Hydrogen carbonate?
+4 for carbon
What are the chemical difference between unsaturated and saturated fat?
All fats contain chains of carbon atoms bonded to hydrogen atoms. In a saturated fat the carbon atoms in the chains are boned to as many hydrogen atoms as possible (that is, 2 each, with the last carbon bonded to 3) and all carbon-carbon bonds are single bonds. In an unsaturated fat some of the carbons are not bonded to the maximum number of hydrogen atoms, and those carbon atoms that are missing hydrogen atoms are double bonded to a neighboring carbon.
Which type of fatty acids has two or more carbon double bonds?
Fatty acids that contain carbon atoms linked by double or triple bonds are unsaturated. They do not have the maximum number of hydrogen atoms possible.
How does the formula of an alkene change when you add an extra carbon atom?
The number of hydrogen atoms inceases by 2. The formula for an alkane is always C(n)H(2n+2), So the number of hydrogen atoms is always 2 more than the double of carbon atoms. *^^*
When does carbon have a negative 4 oxidation number?
In methane, CH4, the oxidation number of carbon is -4 and that of each hydrogen is +1, as carbon is slightly more electronegative than hydrogen.
What compounds have the maximum possible number of hydrogen atoms on its carbon chain?
Alkanes have the most possible number of hydrogen atoms with respect to the carbon again.
