LIPIDS HOMEWORK

1. a) Outline one structural difference between unsaturated fats and

saturated fats.

b) Considering the structural difference you have just described above,

compare the melting points of saturated and unsaturated fats with similar
relative molecular masses.

c) Explain the difference in melting point that you stated in your answer
to part b.

2. a) Explain what is meant by the term essential fatty acid

b) Describe the roles of linoleic acid and linolenic acid in the body

3. Define the term iodine number.

4. Timnodonic acid, or eicosapentaenoic acid, is an unsaturated fatty acid

found in fish oil. Its molecular formula is C20H30O2.

a) Determine the number of carbon double bonds in timnodonc acid

b) Determine the iodine number of timnodonic acid

5. 1.693g of erucic acid (molar mass = 338.64), reacts with 25cm3 of a

0.20moldm-3 of I2.

a) Determine the number ot carbon double bonds in each erucic acid

molecule
b) Determin the iodine number of erucic acid