Fats & Oils Flashcards

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Lipids

  • Organic biological compounds

  • include fats and oils

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Animal Fats

are saturated

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Plant Oils

are unsaturared

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Triglycerides

  • Large non-polar molecules

  • insoluble in water as they cannot form hydrogen bonds.

  • a type of fat

<ul><li><p>Large non-polar molecules</p></li><li><p>insoluble in water as they cannot form hydrogen bonds.</p></li><li><p>a type of fat</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Fats

  • Triglycerides that are solid

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Oils

  • Triglycerides that are liquid

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Glycerol

A molecule also known as propan-1,2,3-triol which contains three hydroxyl (−OH-OH) functional groups

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Fatty Acids

Carboxylic acids with a carboxyl functional group (−COOH-COOH) attached to an unbranched hydrocarbon chain (tail) of 88 or more carbons.

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Condensation Reaction (Triglyceride Synthesis)

A reaction between one glycerol and three fatty acids to form three ester links and three water (H2OH_2O) molecules.

<p>A reaction between one glycerol and three fatty acids to form three ester links and three water ($$H_2O$$) molecules.</p>
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saturated Fatty Acids

single C-C bonds

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monounsaturated Fatty Acids

one C=CC=C bond

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polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

more than one C=CC=C double bond

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uses of fats and oils

  • in food directly

  • fuel for cooking

  • synthesis for other products (like soap, biodiesel)