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vinney12

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Briefly describe the chemical reaction that is used to harden a vegetable oil to give a fat.

Question 2

Female sex hormones like estrone are called _____________.



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Answer to Question 1

The carbon-carbon double bonds of the oil undergo hydrogenation in the presence of a transition metal catalyst.

Answer to Question 2

estrogens



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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again



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