How many carbon-carbon double bonds are in a saturated fatty acid. More importantly how do you find the answer
Answer:
The answer is: Zero
A saturated fatty acid means that all the bonds are single bonds. Unsaturated fatty acids (those that contain double bonds) usually contain 1 double bond (like oleic acid) or 2 double bonds. Unsaturated fatty acids are converted to saturated ones by a process called hydrogenation, where hydrogen atoms are added to the double bond so that it's converted into a single bond.
I think it is kind of a trick question. In a saturated fatty acid (at least a simple one), all the bonds are single bonds to either other carbons or hydrogens. So I think it is zero.
There are no C-C double bonds in a saturated fatty acid.
They exist in unsaturated fatty acids.
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none.
explanation :- by definition, a saturated compound is that which do not contain any double or triple bonds in it. A saturated compound contains only single bonds. The conclusion readily follows.
A Saturated molecule has NO double bonds (C-C).
Double Bonds indicate an Unsaturated molecule (C=C).
(The answer is in the naming (nomenclature) of hydrocarbons).
A saturated fatty acid, by definition, has no C=C bonds, it has only single bonds between neighboring carbon atoms.
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