Organic Chemistry - With Access (Custom)
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Chapter 29.SE, Problem 42AP
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The reaction referred to comes under the theme of β–oxidation of fatty acids.

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In biochemistry and metabolism, beta oxidation is the catabolic degradation of fatty acid molecules, two carbon atoms, at a time the calter being released as acetyl coenzyme A CH3CO - SCoA . The remaining shortened fatty acid is always in the form of an acyl – CoA. The label ‘β’ is used to address that it is the ‘β’ carbon adjacent to the carbonyl, That is oxidised and degraded in the process.

A summarised diagram of the β oxidation of fatty acids is illustrated below:-

Organic Chemistry - With Access (Custom), Chapter 29.SE, Problem 42AP

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