Fatty acids are either saturated or unsaturated. When a fatty acid is saturated it is literally saturated with hydrogen bonds. This only occurs when there are single bonds present. If there are double bonds present between the carbon atoms, less hyrdogen atoms are required and the fatty acid is said to be unsaturated. These unsaturated fats are easier to break down by the cells of your body because double bonds react more readily.
Because unsaturated fatty acids have many double bonds and the atoms cannot rotate freely around those double bonds. In the saturated fatty acids, there are no double bonds (only single bonds) and so the atoms are free to rotate.
saturated fatty acids contain more carbon atoms Saturated fatty acids have single carbon-to-carbon bonds.
Fatty acids with double bonds between some of their carbons are referred to as unsaturated fatty acids. These fatty acids tend be remain in liquid form at room temperature.
The two basic types of fatty acids are saturated and unsaturated. A fatty acid consists of a hydrocarbon chain and a carboxyl group: CH3(CH2)nCOOH Saturated fatty acids have only single bonds between the carbon atoms in the hydrocarbon chain ie the molecule is "saturated" with hydrogen atoms and no more can be added. Unsaturated fatty acids have one or more double bonds between the carbon atoms in the hydrocarbon chain. Fatty acids with a single double bond are called monounsaturated. Fatty acids with two or more double bonds are called polyunsaturated. See:http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/F/Fats.html
Saturated fatty acid molecules have no carbon-carbon double bonds, and all of the remaining carbon bonds are shared by hydrogen atoms, except the one in the carboxyl group, at the beginning of the chain.Unsaturated fatty acid molecules also begin with the carboxyl group, but contain one or more carbon-carbon double bonds, and may contain one or more carbon atoms with a bonding electron that remains unassociated.
Fatty acids containing double bonds are unsaturated fatty acids as they still contain sp2 carbon atoms within them.
Unsaturated fatty acids are fatty acids that have double bonds in their long carbon chains.
Because unsaturated fatty acids have many double bonds and the atoms cannot rotate freely around those double bonds. In the saturated fatty acids, there are no double bonds (only single bonds) and so the atoms are free to rotate.
saturated fatty acids contain more carbon atoms Saturated fatty acids have single carbon-to-carbon bonds.
Fatty acids with double bonds between some of their carbons are referred to as unsaturated fatty acids. These fatty acids tend be remain in liquid form at room temperature.
Covalent single- and double-bonds.
Unsaturated fatty acids have double carbon bonds.
These fatty acids are called saturated fats. These are often some of the worst fats for the body.
Saturated fatty acids do not have double bonds between carbon atoms and unsaturated.
Susceptibility to spoilage by oxygen of fatty acids is determined by the number of double bonds in the acid's carbon chain. Molecular oxygen can attack these bonds and break the chain, forming ketones. Incidentally, naturally-occuring cis-double bonds are more susceptible than the artificial trans-fatty acids.
Unsaturated fatty acids have double bond or triple bonds, whereas saturated fatty acids do not.
unsaturated