Lipids

Types of Lipids
Fatty Acids
Fats, and Oils
Chemical Properties of Triglycerides

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 Types of Lipids
• Lipids with fatty acids
Waxes
Fats and oils (trigycerides)
Phospholipids
Sphingolipids

• Lipids without fatty acids

Steroids
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 Fatty Acids
• Long-chain carboxylic acids
• Insoluble in water
• Typically 12-18 carbon atoms (even number)
• Some contain double bonds

corn oil contains 86%

unsaturated fatty acids and
14% saturated fatty acids
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 Saturated and Unsaturated
Fatty Acids
Saturated = C–C bonds
Unsaturated = one or more C=C bonds

COOH
palmitic acid, a saturated acid
COOH

palmitoleic acid, an unsaturated fatty acid

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 Structures
Saturated fatty acids
• Fit closely in regular pattern
COOH
COOH
COOH

Unsaturated fatty acids H

H
• Cis double bonds C C

cis double bond COOH

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 Properties of Saturated
Fatty Acids
• Contain only single C–C bonds
• Closely packed
• Strong attractions between chains
• High melting points
• Solids at room temperature

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 Properties of Unsaturated
Fatty Acids
• Contain one or more double C=C bonds
• Nonlinear chains do not allow molecules
to pack closely
• Few interactions between chains
• Low melting points
• Liquids at room temperature

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 Learning Check L1
How would the melting point of stearic
acid compare to the melting points of oleic
acid and linoleic acid? Assign the melting
points of –17°C, 13°C, and 69°C to the
correct fatty acid. Explain.
stearic acid (18 C) saturated
oleic acid (18 C) one double bond
linoleic acid (18 C) two double bonds

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 Solution L1

Stearic acid is saturated and would have a

higher melting point than the unsaturated
fatty acids. Because linoleic has two
double bonds, it would have a lower mp
than oleic acid, which has one double
bond.
stearic acid mp 69°C
oleic acid mp 13°C
linoleic acid mp -17°C 9
 Fats and Oils
Formed from glycerol and fatty acids
O
CH2 OH HO C (CH2)14CH3
O
CH OH + HO C (CH2)14CH3
O
CH2 OH HO C (CH2)14CH3
glycerol palmitic acid (a fatty acid)
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 Triglycerides (triacylglcerols)
Esters of glycerol and fatty acids
ester bonds
O
CH2 O C (CH2)14CH3 + H2O
O
CH O C (CH2)14CH3 + H2O
O
CH2 O C (CH2)14CH3 + H 2O
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 Learning Check L2
What are the fatty acids in the following
triglyceride?
O
CH2 O C (CH2)16CH3
O
CH O C (CH2)7CH CH(CH2)7CH3
O
CH2 O C (CH2)12CH3
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 Solutions L2
What are the fatty acids in the following
triglyceride?
O Stearic acid
CH2 O C (CH2)16CH3
O Oleic acid
CH O C (CH2)7CH CH(CH2)7CH3
O
Myristic acid
CH2 O C (CH2)12CH3
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 Properties of Triglycerides

Hydrogenation
• Unsaturated compounds react with H2
• Ni or Pt catalyst
• C=C bonds C–C bonds

Hydrolysis
• Split by water and acid or enzyme catalyst
• Produce glycerol and 3 fatty acids
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 Hydrogenation

O
CH 2 O C (CH 2)5CH CH(CH 2)7CH3
O
Ni
CH O C (CH 2)5CH CH(CH 2)7CH 3 + 3 H2
O
CH2 O C (CH 2)5CH CH(CH 2)7CH 3

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 Product of Hydrogenation
O
CH2 O C (CH 2)14CH 3
O
CH O C (CH 2)14CH 3
O
CH2 O C (CH 2)14CH 3

Hydrogenation converts double bonds in oils

to single bonds. The solid products are used
to make margarine and other hydrogenated
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 Hydrolysis
Triglycerides split into glycerol and three
fatty acids (H+ or enzyme catalyst)
O
CH2 O C (CH2)14CH3
O +
H
CH O C (CH2)14CH3 +3 H2O
O
CH2 O C (CH2)14CH3
CH2 OH O
CH OH + 3 HO C (CH2)14CH3

CH2 OH 17
 Saponification and Soap
• Hydrolysis with a strong base
• Triglycerides split into glycerol and the
salts of fatty acids
• The salts of fatty acids are “soaps”
• KOH gives softer soaps

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 Saponification

O
CH2 O C (CH 2)16CH3
O
CH O C (CH 2)16CH3 + 3 NaOH
O
CH 2 O C (CH2)16CH3
CH2 OH O
+-
CH OH + 3 Na O C (CH 2)14CH3
salts of fatty acids (soaps)
CH2 OH

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 Learning Check L3
What are the products obtained from the
complete hydrogenation of glyceryl
trioleate?

(1) Glycerol and 3 oleic acids

(2) Glyceryltristearate
(3) Glycerol and 3 stearic acids

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 Solution L3
What are the products obtained from the
complete hydrogenation of glyceryl
trioleate?

2. Glyceryltristearate

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