Questions tagged [fats]
Fats are triesters of glycerol and fatty acids. They are generally soluble in organic solvents.
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why is alpha-linolenic acid "alpha"?
I'm learning about how fatty acid names are formed. In the process, I noticed a molecule called alpha-linolenic acid. There's a similar molecule called linoleic acid. Both have 18 carbons, but alpha-...
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Cheap way to mix satured fat (beef tallow) with water?
I want to mix beef tallow (satured fat) in water. I want to prepare food or edible product.
I know I must use a emulsifier, but I seen in this video, I can do it by a vacuum chamber.
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Can fats be composed of fatty acid esters other than triglycerides?
Fats are mainly referred to triglycerides. In triglycerides, a glycerol molecule form three ester linkages with fatty acids.
I think it is also possible for a butane-1,2,3,4-tetraol molecule to form ...
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Automatically extracting SMILES of sub-group of larger SMILES structure?
Is there any software tool that can automatically extract SMILES of fatty acid legs of phospholipids if the SMILES of the parent lipid is given? Or any tool that can do it in InChI ?
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What reaction products are formed if an unsaturated fat is reacted at 20 - 50 °C with H2O2 of 35 %?
My question is:
What reaction products are formed if an unsaturated fat is reacted at ca. 20 - 50 °C with aqueous hydrogen peroxide of ca. 35 %?
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Can glycerol in substituted natural fats be a monomer according to European REACH Regulation? [closed]
European REACH regulation for registration of chemical substances has an own definition of a polymer according to this regulation.
I've noticed the following problem.
I want to discuss here only the ...
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How exactly does oil drying work (specifically with the case of linoleum)?
I understand that it’s a form of autoxidation, and so with the presence of oxygen, the oxygen reacts with a double bond of the unsaturated fat to create a hydro peroxide, however I don’t really ...
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Biochemically speaking, why aren't the cell membranes of eukaryotic, multicellular organisms made of more heat-resistant stuff?
TL;DR: there are lipids out there that are more heat-resistant than those in current cell membranes, yet current cell membranes don't have them. Why?
I've cobbled together various miscellaneous ...
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Do fats in edible oils and ghee undergo oxidation or rancidation when cooked in pressure cooker along with rice?
In a lot of dishes, it's quite common to cook rice along with fats like edible oil or ghee(clarified butter), in a pressure cooker.
Now the pressure cooker can reach very high temperatures, to quickly ...
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Where do the chloride ions go during saponification precipitation?
During saponification hydroxide ions from the lye join to the triglyceride to form glycerol, and the sodium bonds with the fatty acids making the soap molecules. However, it is sometimes the case that ...
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Why there is not a consistent pattern between the carbon chain length and the melting point of fatty acids? [duplicate]
I looked at the melting temperature of different saturated fatty acids and I expected to see that with a longer chain of carbon the melting point would be higher as after all the var der Waals ...
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Saponification - Oil and Alcohol?
I've been reading that a saponification reaction typically involves NaOH or KOH. I was wondering - could anything that contains an OH group cause a saponification reaction? For instance, coconut oil + ...
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Does glycerin dissolve in fat?
İ couldn't find much info on internet about solubility of glycerol in triglycerides. I suppose it is non soluble because glycerin is polar but fats aren't. But fats have glycerin side in them too, so ...
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Why baking soda neutralize the flavor of coconut oil?
I discovered recently that adding baking soda to a recipe can neutralize the strong flavours of the coconut oil. Does anyone know how it is working and what is, in a simple way, the chemical reaction ...
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How much lipoic acid is contained within octanoic acid? [closed]
As I understand it, lipoic acid is synthesized from octanoic acid:
Lipoic acid is synthesized de novo in mitochondria from octanoic acid, an 8-carbon fatty acid (C8:0), bound to the acyl-carrier ...
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Problem encountered during high school unsaturated fats experiment
To get straight to the point, my chemistry experiment was looking at the amount of unsaturated fats in avocado oil with respect to temperature. I did this by testing for the $\ce{C=O}$ bonds using ...
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Does double ended fatty acid exist? [duplicate]
A fatty acid consists of a carbon chain, with a carboxylic acid on one end, and just a hydrogen on the other.
Does a substance with two carboxylic acid ends and no hydrogen end exist?
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Is omega 3 a specific fatty acid?
Is eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) omega 3 or that's just a acid that comes with a omega 3? Same question for docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).
Just want to know are both of those two acid omega 3 despite ...
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Are all fatty acids monocarboxylic acids?
The answer to this question might solve a multiple choice in my previous chemistry exam, which caused an argument with my teacher.
We know that fatty acids form fats and oil due to their carboxylic ...
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Would burning of around 200 kg of animal fat in a tunnel cause an explosion? [closed]
As shown in the movie Ironclad, they burnt a group of fat pigs together, under a tunnel, beneath the fort base and it resulted in a massive explosion.
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Why does coconut oil spoil much faster than groundnut oil?
I have observed that various foods cooked using coconut oil spoil much faster than foods cooked using groundnut oil. One good example is Asian coconut milk curry. Even with proper refrigeration, this ...
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Double bonds in polyunsaturated fatty acids
$\omega - 3$ fatty acids are very frequently discussed. $\omega - 6$ is also mentioned. However, I don't recall mention of $\omega - 1$, $\omega - 2$, or $\omega - 4$. Also, in polyunsaturated ...
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Gelatination of solution in saponification
When I performed a saponification experiment in school, I added some ethanol to the solution (glycerol ester fatty acid + sodium hydroxide) to change the equilibrium of the reaction. (Molecules of ...
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Uncertainty in measuring the mass of the palm oil and the base in saponification
I am a student coming from the domain of mathematics, and I am working on error analysis and uncertainty, but I have a question in the domain of chemistry.
I am studying the effect of the ...
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How can I lower the flash point of stearic acid (Palm Based Fatty Acids) [closed]
I am trying to build a environmentally neutral firelighter that does not use petroleum based accelerant. I have found that the flash point is way to high to be viable in Stearic Acid (Hexadecanoic ...
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fatty acid vs polyethylene [closed]
Both fatty acid and polyethylene are made (mostly) of carbons with hydrogens with a very similar configuration, yet, their properties are very different. What am I missing?
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Saponification value of a fat/oil
The saponification value of a fat was determined by adding $\pu{9.0 g}$ of the fat to flask containing $\pu{50.0 cm3}$ of $\pu{1.00 M}$ ethanolic potassium hydroxide. The remaining solution was ...
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Transformation of fats in presence of alcohol
I have always observed when cooking that if I have some amount of fat like oil or butter in a hot frying pan and I pour some alcohol like wine on it, then there is a reaction and the quantity of ...
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What makes trans fats more harmful than saturated ones?
Why are by many trans fats considered to be worse for you than fully saturated fats?
I am asking specifically which of their structural features accounts for this condemnation. They won't form clumps ...
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Why is there a difference in available energy in saturated vs. unsaturated fatty acids?
On Wikipedia it states:
In cellular metabolism, unsaturated fat molecules contain somewhat less energy (i.e., fewer calories) than an equivalent amount of saturated fat.
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