JEE Main Chemistry question

Hydrogenation of oils involves:

(A)Saturation of unsaturated fatty acidsCorrect
(B)Reaction with oxygen
(C)Conversion into fatty acids
(D)Driving off the impurities in oil by hydrogen gas

Answer: (A)

Solution

Catalytic hydrogenation adds hydrogen across the carbon–carbon double bonds of the unsaturated fatty acid chains in an oil, converting them into saturated chains and raising the melting point (hardening

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