Chemistry, asked by ritzdas, 1 year ago

What is saponification?

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Answered by siddart

a chemical reaction in which an ester is heated with an alkali (especially the alkaline hydrolysis of a fat or oil to make soap)

anjie: Saponification is a process that produces soap, usually from fats and lye. It involves a reaction between a base, usually sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), and a triglyceride, which is an ester of a fatty acid. The triglycerides are hydrolyzed to form the sodium salt of a carboxylate. In addition to soap, such traditional saponification processes produce glycerol. "Saponifiable substances" are those that can be converted into soap

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Answered by shubham6

When an ester is heated with dilute NaOH solution, it gets converted into the original alcohol and sodium salt of the original carboxylic acid. This reaction is called saponification .

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