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Organic Chemistry
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Author: Janice Gorzynski Smith Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 31, Problem 31.4P

The main fatty acid component of the triacylglycerols in coconut oil is lauric acid, CH 3 ( CH 2 ) 10 COOH . Explain why coconut oil is a liquid at room temperature even though it contains a large fraction of this saturated fatty acid.

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The main fatty acid component of the triacylglycerols in coconut oil is lauric acid, CH3(CH2)10COOH. Explain why coconut oil is a liquid at room temperature even though it contains a large fraction of this saturated fatty acid.
The following fatty acid is an Omega-_ fatty acid. HO 1 4 7 +/- 2 3 LO 5 6 8 9 0 |X C x 100
1.Triglycerides that are solids at room temperature are called  2.Compounds that differ in configuration around only one specific carbon atom with the exception of the carbonyl carbon are defined as 3.A multipurpose proteins with at least two identical proteins is referred to as  4. Compounds that are mirror images of themselves are referred to as  5. Triacylglycerol with two or three different fatty acids is called  6. In multisubunit protein with at least two identical proteins, the identical proteins are referred to as  7. A triacylgycerol in which all the three fatty acid groups are the same is called 8. The non-amino acid part of conjugate protein is usually called  9. A solution that contains a weak acid and it's conjugate base or a weak base and its conjugate acid that resist changes in pH upon addition of acid or base is called

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