what is saponification
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Saponification :-
The process of making soap by the hydrolysis of fats and oils with alakalies is called Saponification.
Higher fatty acids reacts with basis to form Soaps.
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★ Saponification is a process that involves conversion of fat or oil or lipid into soap and alcohol by the action of heat in the presence of aqueous alkali.
★ Soaps are salts of fatty acids and fatty acids are mono carboxylic acid that have long carbon chains e.g. sodium palmitate.
★ Saponification is a process by which triglycerides are reacted with sodium or potassium hydroxide to produce glycerol and a fatty acid salt called "soap."
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★ The triglycerides are most often animal fats or vegetable oils.
★ When sodium hydroxide is used, a hard soap is produced.
★ Saponification is the hydrolysis of an ester under acidic or basic conditions to form an alcohol and the salt of a carboxylic acid.
★ Saponification is commonly used to refer to the reaction of a metallic alkali (base) with a fat or oil to form soap.
★ Example: Ethanoic acid reacts with alcohols in the presence of a conc.
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