1.- Fats and oils are also converted commercially into long-chain alcohols. What

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1.- Fats and oils are also converted commercially into long-chain alcohols. What is the best and most direct reaction by wichto accomplish this? 2.- Write the structure of a typical synthetic detergent andstate why it is also a cleasing agent like soap 1.- Fats and oils are also converted commercially into long-chain alcohols. What is the best and most direct reaction by wichto accomplish this? 2.- Write the structure of a typical synthetic detergent andstate why it is also a cleasing agent like soap

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the use of methanol with sodium carbonate as the catalyst is oneway to make an alcohol out of the triglyceride the general structure of a detergent isR-SO4- Na+ This is a useful as a soap because it also has Hydrophobic(nonpolar, water hating) and hydrophilic( Polar, water loving) ends.this enables it to dissolve both water and oils

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