Why is it that when unsaturated fats get hydrongented the partially hydrongenated fats are trans
fats and not cis fats?
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Why is it that when unsaturated fats get hydrongented the partially hydrongenated fats are trans
fats and not cis fats?It has to do with what is thermally most stable. When we humans partially hydrogenate fatty acids,
we subject them to heat, pressure, and a catalyst. The trans configuration is favored in this
situation as the two arms of the molecule are more distant from each other. The trans molecule is
straighter than a cis molecule.
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