32. Lipids

The salt of a fatty acid has its ending of “ic acid” changed to “ate”. Based on this information provide the name of the salt created from the following saponification reaction. 

Provide the common name of the fatty acids produced from the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of the following triacylglycerol.

Propose a possible mechanism for the following reaction. 

An optically inactive triacylglycerol molecule undergoes base-catalyzed hydrolysis to produce 1 glycerol molecule, 1 mole of laurate and 2 moles of myristate. Determine the structure of the triacylglycerol molecule.

Which of the following statements is true regarding the hydrolysis of triglycerides?