Question

Look at the chemical equation :
Vegetable oil, + H20 -homme> Vanaspatee ghee
When edible oil is converted to fats, what reaction is it? Explain this
reaction in words.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

when unsaturated hydrocarbons are reacted with hydrogen in present of catalyst like nickle,

the hydrogen get added across the double/triplebond & concert the unsaturated hydrocarbons into saturated hydrocarbon.

such reaction is called addition or hydrogenation.

eg., H2C==CH2 +H2-----} CH3---CH3

Industrial use: it is used to convert vegetable oil into vanaspati ghee.

Ni

--} vegetable oil+ H2 --------------} vanaspati ghee

catalyst

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