JEE Main Chemistry question

When vegetable oils react with hydrogen in the presence of a finely divided nickel catalyst, we get:

(A)Saturated fatCorrect
(B) and
(C)Washing soap
(D)None of these

Answer: (A)

Solution

Catalytic hydrogenation with finely divided nickel adds hydrogen across the carbon–carbon double bonds of the unsaturated fatty acid chains in vegetable oils, converting them

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Question ID VK-151185