Question

Margarine is made from hydrogenated corn oil. What has been added to the corn oild?

Answer 1

Answer:

Essential fatty acids can u please mark me as a brainliest

Answer 2

Answer:

This question deals with a hydrogenation reaction. It is a type of addition reaction in which the molecular unit being added is the diatomic hydrogen molecule H2H2. The corn oil contains various long chain fatty acids that contain some number of C=C bonds. Therefore, we describe these fatty acids as being unsaturated. They are receptive towards a hydrogenation reaction. Hydrogenating a C=C bond turns it into a C-C (single) bond because 2 hydrogen atoms have been added to the fatty acid. A saturated fatty acid is able to pack together more efficiently, such that saturated fats will exist as a solid instead of a liquid.