Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9781305080485
Author: John E. McMurry
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 29.3, Problem 3P
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To predict the molecules of acetyl CoA are produced by catabolism of the following fatty acids and the pages needed to the β-oxidation pathway.

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B oxidation of fatty acids degrades the carbon chain as a result of the catabolic breakdown most fatty acids have an even number of carbon atoms, so none, are left over after the β - oxidation it has been found that when → mere is an n-carbon fatty acid chain, the number of acetyl COA molecules obtained as the major end product is n/2 and the number of passages of breakdown is n/2-1 for the given reaction.

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