Chemistry, asked by indianfirst, 1 year ago

What is meant by saponification​

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Answered by StunningSheikh
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it is the reaction in which fat oil reacts with Sodium Hydroxide to give soap with the process of hydrolysis

Answered by Anonymous
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Soaps are sodium or potassium salts of long chain fatty acids.

When triglycerides in fat/oil react with aqueous NaOH or KOH, they are converted into soap and glycerol.

Since this reaction leads to the formation of soap, it is called the Saponification process.

prettybeggers: when esters react in the presence of an acid or a base to give back ethanol and carboxylic acid ,the reaction is called saponification. this reaction is used to prepare soap hence the name
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