Lipids answers
(b) Esterification or condensation. (c) (d) It will be a liquid. It contains a high degree of unsaturation and the double bonds cause ‘kinks’ in the hydrocarbon chains so that the London dispersion forces between them are lower than for saturated hydrocarbon chains and hence the melting point will be lower. (e) Mr for iodine (I2) = 2 x 126.9 = 253.8 25.38 g = 0.100 mol of I2 One mol of the triglyceride reacts with 9...