Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781119338352
Author: Klein
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 26, Problem 41PP
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

Suitable statements that can be applied to tristearin have to be determined from the given statements.

Concept introduction:

Tristearin is obtained from animal fats and it is triglyceride derived from three units of stearic acid. Most of the triglycerides are derived from at least two and more commonly three different fatty acids.

Lipids are a group of biological molecules that include fats, oils and some steroids also. They are built from fatty acids bonded to a wide range of other compounds.

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