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What chemical characteristics of fatty acids determines their susceptibility to spoilage by oxygen?
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∙ 12y ago
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.
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