A chemist determines that 4.20 L hydrogen at 298 K anda pressure of 1.00 atm is required to completely hydrogenate 48.5 g of the unsaturated compound oleic acid to stearic acid (C18H36O2). How many units of unsaturation (where a unit of unsaturation is one double bond) are in amolecule of oleic acid? (See Sec. 9.1.)

A chemist determines that 4.20 L hydrogen at 298 K anda pressure of 1.00 atm is required to completely hydrogenate 48.5 g of the unsaturated compound oleic acid to stearic acid (C18H36O2). How many units of unsaturation (where a unit of unsaturation is one double bond) are in amolecule of oleic acid? (See Sec. 9.1.)

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Chapter7: Bonding In Organic Molecules

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