Write an equation for the complete hydrogenation of triolein, the triacylglycerol with three oleic acid acyl groups for which you drew the structure in Problem 23.3. Name the fatty acid from which the resulting acyl groups are derived.

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Welcome back, everyone provide the complete hydrogenation equation of the compound below and identify the common name of the fatty acid from which the ayl groups and the product were derived. So basically what we are performing is a hydrogenation reaction. We have to recall that we need to use hydrogen in the presence of a transition metal catalyst such as nickel. We can of course use palladium or platinum as an example, right? And what we want to do is basically perform a reduction reaction. We have to recall that in such a reduction reaction, we're simply reducing the carbon carbon double bonds and they become single bonds by adding an appropriate number of hydrogen atoms. So we're going to begin with the three member chain, then we want to draw the original carbon oxygen bonds followed by Habano. And now each double bond simply becomes a single bond except from the carbon oxygen double bond. If we have a total of 12, we four and five double bonds, all of them become single bonds. Meaning we need to add five hydrogen molecules, a total of 10 hydrogen atoms will be added because each double bonded carbon gets one hydrogen. And if we count the number of carbons, we have 123456789, 1011, 1213, 1415, 1617, 1819 and 20 carbons total. So we're going to draw a 20 member chain 12 3456789, 1011 1213, 1415, 16, 1718, 19 and 20. And now we want to repeat the process for the next side chain. As we can see, we have 1234 double bonds. So we need to add or hydrogen molecules. And once again, we have 123456789, 1011, 1213, 1415, 1617, 1819 20. Haron Ans. So once again, we're drawing carbonel and additional 19 carbons 123456789, 10, 1112, 1314, 1516, 1718, 19 and 20. And finally, we have an additional or Boel with 123456 double bonds. Do we need to add six molecules of hydrogen? Right? And essentially we have a total of 123456789, 1011, 1213, 1415, 1617, 1819 and 20 carbons. So once again, we're drawing a total of 20 carbons, 12 3456789, 1011 12, 1314, 1516, 1718, 19 and 20 carbons. So basically what we want to do is first of all, balance the equation. If we add five plus four plus six, this gives us 15 equivalents of hydrogen. We have balanced it. And that's the first part of the problem. And for the second part, we want to understand what type of acid we have. So we have a 20 carbon acid with no double bonds. And we have to recall that its common name is oric acid, which basically has a form of 20 to 0 20 carbon stray chain and zero double bonds. And that's it. We have our answers. Thank you for watching.

Write an equation for the complete hydrogenation of triolein, the triacylglycerol with three oleic acid acyl groups for which you drew the structure in Problem 23.3. Name the fatty acid from which the resulting acyl groups are derived.

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Key Concepts

Triolein Structure

Hydrogenation Process

Fatty Acid Derivation