Capable of taking up, or of uniting with, certain other elements or compounds, without the elimination of any side product; thus, aldehyde, ethylene, and ammonia are unsaturated; benzene has three unsaturated bonds. The term is applied most commonly to compounds with a double or triple bond between two carbon atoms (as in ethylene).
If the free bonds in a fatty acid chain of carbon atoms are not all occupied by hydrogen atoms, the fatty acid is said to be unsaturated. Oils consisting mainly of the glycerides of unsaturated fatty acids are generally liquid at normal temperatures. (They may be made more solid by hydrogenation which reduces the degree of unsaturation).
The characteristic of a carbon atom in a hydrocarbon molecule that shares a double bond with another carbon atom.
Possessing double or triple bonds.
An unsaturated fatty acid has some double carbon-carbon bonds in its backbone. Defined as key term in Molecular Biology 7.32.5 Membranes and membrane proteins
An unsaturated molecule is one that has multiple bonds and acan undergo additon reactions. Alkenes and alkynes, for example, are unsaturated.
A fatty acid containing at least one carbon-carbon double bond.
used of a compound (especially of carbon) containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond; "unsaturated fats"
fat or fatty acid containing double or occasionally triple bonds. Many vegetable oils contain fatty acids with one of more double bonds in them. Fat molecules are monounsaturated if each contains one double bond, and polyunsaturated if each contain more than one.
un-SAT-yur-RAY-tid (fat) A triglyceride with double bonds between some of its carbons. 45
Fats that do not contain the maximum number of hydrogen atoms. They are generally liquid at room temperature (e.g., cooking oil) and generally derived from plants. When hydrogen atoms are added to make them firmer, they are often called "hydrogenated vegetable oils."
the term given to an organic compound containing multiple bonds.
An unsaturated compound contains at least one double or triple bond. Useful products from oil
A molecule is said to be unsaturated if it contains a double or triple carbon bond. IF YOU CAME HERE FROM A DIFFERENT PAGE, CLICK ON THE BACK BUTTON TO GO BACK TO THE PAGE YOU WERE VIEWING.
The carbon-hydrogen make-up of a fatty acid describing a shortage of hydrogen atoms in the molecule.
A term describing a hydrocarbon, in which the carbons involved in a multiple bond are free to bond with other atoms.
