soap and etc Flashcards
1
Q
what are soaps
A
soaps have ionic heads that is water soluble and covalent tail that is soluble in oil
2
Q
melting points in fats and oils
A
as the number of double bonds increases the boiling point decreases
3
Q
bromine water test
A
bromine water goes from brown to colourless when added to an UNSATURATED molecule
4
Q
what are essential amino acids
A
amino acids that cannot be made by the body they must be obtained from diet
5
Q
what are esters
A
carbon compounds formed when alcohols react with carboxylic acids by condensation
6
Q
what are fats
A
esters formed from 1 molecule of glycerol and 3 molecules of long chain carboxylic acids
7
Q
what does unsaturated mesn
A
molecule with at least one carbon to carbon double bond
