Write the balanced chemical equation for the hydrogenation of glyceryl tripalmitoleate, a fat containing glycerol and three palmitoleic acid molecules?
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Apr 19, 2018
Consider glyceryl tripalmitoleate,
It has three double bonds between carbons. Hence it would need three equivalents of hydrogen gas to fully hydrogenate it. These reactions are generally catalyzed by a heterogeneous catalyst.
Hence,
