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In hydrogenation, plant oils are exposed to hydrogen at a high temperature and in the presence of a catalyst. Two things result: some double bonds are converted into single bonds. other double bonds are converted from cis to polyunsaturated trans configuration. both these effects straighten out the molecules so they can lie closer together and become solid rather than liquid. polyunsaturated Omega fatty acids One system for naming unsaturated fatty acids is to indicate the position of the first double bond counting from the opposite end from the carboxyl group. That terminal carbon atom (shown here in blue) is called polyunsaturated the omega carbon atom. Thus a monounsaturated fatty acid with its single double bond after carbon #3 (counting from and including the omega carbon) is called an omega-3 fatty acid. But so is a polyunsaturated fatty acid, such as linolenic acid (shown here), if its first double bond is in that position.
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