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What chemically makes a carbon chain unsaturated?
hydrogen atoms
Is this carbon chain saturated or unsaturated C C C C?
There is only single bonds between the carbon. So it is saturated chain.
What causes an unsaturated fatty acids to have a different shape than a saturated fatty acid?
A saturated fatty acid chain is composed of a carbon chain with only single covalent bonds. This creates a tetrahedral geometry of the atoms. An unsaturated fatty acid chain is composed of a carbon chain with one or more double covalent bonds. This creates a trigonal geometry of the atoms at the double covalent bond.
Fatty acid contains 3 double covalent bonds in tis carbon chain is said to be?
Unsaturated. This means that the carbon chain has room for more hydrogen atoms to bond, as opposed to saturated fatty acids which have all their available carbon bonds filled with hydrogen atoms.
What molecule can be saturated and unsaturated?
The terms saturated and unsaturated or typically used for hydrocarbons -- long chains of carbon atoms. A chain is saturated when there are no double bonds between any carbon atoms. The term unsaturated fat is based on this very idea.
What causes an unsaturated fatty acid to have differ t shape than a satires fatty acid?
Unsaturated fatty acids have double carbon bonds.
What introduces kinks in fatty acid chains and causes them to be unsaturated?
The introduction of double bonds between carbon atoms in the fatty acid chain causes kinks and makes the chain unsaturated. This process is catalyzed by enzymes called desaturases, which introduce the double bonds by removing hydrogen atoms. The presence of these double bonds significantly affects the physical properties of the fatty acids.
What kind of lipid has a carbon atom in a lipid's fatty acid chain that is joined to another carbon atom by a singel bond?
unsaturated
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.
A fatty acid is unsaturated if it does what?
A fatty acid is unsaturated if it contains one or more double bonds between carbon atoms in the hydrocarbon chain.
Why is linolenic acid an unsaturated fatty acid?
Linolenic acid is an unsaturated fatty acid because it contains one or more double bonds in its carbon chain, which creates kinks in the structure. These double bonds create spaces where hydrogen atoms are missing, leading to a lower saturation level compared to saturated fatty acids.
What type of bonding does an unsaturated oil contain?
An unsaturated oil contains covalent bonding, specifically double bonds between carbon atoms in the fatty acid chains. These double bonds create kinks in the chain, giving the oil a liquid consistency at room temperature.
