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I got my test back and one of the questions was the following
Which is a property of a saturated fatty acid?
(a) no double bonds
(b) (c) rubbish
(d) maximum number of single bonds
I answered (d), but the professor says it's (a).
I don't think it's (a) for two reasons-- a pi double bond between carbon and oxygen in the carboxyl group of hte molecule (as 'a' never specified no double bonds in carbon to carbon chain), and (d) is correct--apart from the pi carbon/oxygen bond, all others must be single in order for the fatty acid to be fully saturated with hydrogen.
Where am I going wrong?
Which is a property of a saturated fatty acid?
(a) no double bonds
(b) (c) rubbish
(d) maximum number of single bonds
I answered (d), but the professor says it's (a).
I don't think it's (a) for two reasons-- a pi double bond between carbon and oxygen in the carboxyl group of hte molecule (as 'a' never specified no double bonds in carbon to carbon chain), and (d) is correct--apart from the pi carbon/oxygen bond, all others must be single in order for the fatty acid to be fully saturated with hydrogen.
Where am I going wrong?