Chemistry Thursday: Carboxylic acids – monounsaturated long chain fatty acids, oleic acid (C18:1), and saponification, part 25

Welcome back to this beginners’ chemistry series! I hope you’re enjoying it so far. I know I am! Let’s talk more about carboxylic acids, specifically the fatty acids we encounter over and over again in our liquid oils, solid oils, butters, and waxes. This week, we’re getting into unsaturated C18:1 fatty acids, like oleic, vaccenic,…