Question

If you increase the saturation of vegetable oil, which statement below is FALSE?

A. The compound will become more solid at room temperatures
B. The number of double bonds has been decreased.
C. The compound contains more hydrogen than before.
D. The compound will be less solid
E. The fatty acid tails now have more carbon.

Answer 1

The false statement regarding the increase of saturation in vegetable oils is that the compound will be less solid at room temperature. Increasing saturation involves decreasing double bonds and increasing hydrogen atoms, leading to a more solid compound because saturated chains pack tightly together.

Step-by-step explanation:

If you increase the saturation of vegetable oil, the statement that is FALSE is:
D. The compound will be less solid

Increasing the saturation of vegetable oil means decreasing the number of double bonds and increasing the amount of hydrogen in the fatty acid chains, resulting in the compound becoming more solid at room temperatures. This is due to the straighter chains of saturated fatty acids packing tightly together, thereby increasing the melting point. When oils are made more saturated, the number of double bonds actually decreases, not increases, which reinforces the idea that an increase in saturation yields a more solid compound.

Therefore, it is incorrect to say that increasing saturation will result in the oil being less solid at room temperature. Additionally, increasing saturation does not increase the number of carbon atoms in the fatty acid tails; it increases the number of hydrogen atoms.