Chapter Two: Organic Chemistry

Lipids-Structure-Di and Triglycerrides

 
The triglycerride pictures here is unsaturated its carbons have a number of double bonds. This causes the kinks that you see in the carbon chains.
This Triglycerride is saturated. Its carbons have only single bonds this causes the chains to hang straighted and the molucules to pack together tighter.

 
 


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