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4. Interesterification + Hydrogenation + Winterization

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Interesterification vs intraesterification

Back (Answer)

• Inter: exchange of acyl groups among TG molecules • Intra: acyl groups may also exchange position within a TG molecule

#2
Front (Question)

What characteristic (2) regarding FA position do you want in an oil after transesterification?

Back (Answer)

low GS3 and GS2U

#3
Front (Question)

3 step reaction mechanism for transesterification

Back (Answer)

• formation of enolate ion • formation of beta-keto ester • interesterification

#4
Front (Question)

What are the catalysts for interesterification? - high temp vs low temp

Back (Answer)

• strong bases! usually • high temp: KOH and NaOH –> KOH is favored bc weaker base, you don’t want to saponify • low temp: sodium methoxide (NaOCH3) (weaker base)

#5
Front (Question)

how it an enolate ion formed? stable?

Back (Answer)

initial removal of proton from carbon adjacent to acyl group (alpha carbon) by the base catalyst –> leads to charge delocalized enolate anion - anion is very unstable –> resonance to stabilize (negative charge shared between O and alpha carbon)

#6
Front (Question)

Random vs directed interesterification

Back (Answer)

• random: when interesterification carried out to equilibrium condition –> FA assume almost random distribution among TG • directed: interesterification can be directed away from its usually random end-point if fat is allowed to crystallize during reactions (trisaturated glycerides crystallize first)

#7
Front (Question)

Lard interesterification: - Crystal modified lard (CML)? - Partially modified lard (PML)? - Direct interesterified lard (DIL)

Back (Answer)

• CML: conditions favors intramolecular interchange • PML: conditions favoring random distribution • DIL: conditions favoring directed interesterification to control the GS3 content –> = highest unsat!

#8
Front (Question)

enzyme catalyzed interesterification in presence of water also used for manufacture of ________&________, extensively used by food industry as _____________

Back (Answer)

• mono and diglycerides • emulsifiers

#9
Front (Question)

what is simple way to obtain glycerol and FFA?

Back (Answer)

• add NaOH to TG and boil

#10
Front (Question)

Hydrogenation super important to eliminate ?????

Back (Answer)

reliance on butter

#11
Front (Question)

-2 main purposes of catalytic hydrogenation? + Why is catalytic hydrogenation a very important reaction in organic synthesis? give example

Back (Answer)

• convert oil to fat (remove double bond) • reduce susceptibility of oil to oxidative rancidity in certain cases, isomerization of double bond is the desired outcome (ie pharmaceutical industry)

#12
Front (Question)

how is catalyst used in hydrogenation? 2 steps

Back (Answer)

• oil + catalyst –> oil-catalyst complex • oil catalyst complex + H2 –> hydrogenated oil + catalyst

#13
Front (Question)

how is catalyst activity of hydrogenation defined?

Back (Answer)

• defined as decrease in iodine number per unit of time during a hydrogenation under specific set of conditions

#14
Front (Question)

iodine value defined as? - what does it indicate?

Back (Answer)

number of grams of iodine (I2) absorbed by 100g of fat - unsat FA residues react with iodine –> iodine number indicates degree of saturation of FA residues of glyceride

#15
Front (Question)

high degree of unsaturation = (high or low) iodine value

Back (Answer)

High!

#16
Front (Question)

how does I2 docks onto double bond?

Back (Answer)

1 I goes to each carbon = no double bond anymore

#17
Front (Question)

Iodine value of tristearin?

Back (Answer)

0!

#18
Front (Question)

if 0.01 moles of linoleic acid reacts with 5.1g of iodine. determine number of double bonds present in FA. Assuming 1 mol of iodine = 254g.

Back (Answer)

5.1g of iodine = 0.02 mol I2 0.01 mol linoleic acid = 0.01 mol I2 2 double bonds!

#19
Front (Question)

Calculate iodine number of linoleic acid C17H31COOH

Back (Answer)

181!

#20
Front (Question)

trans FA have higher or lower melting point that cis isomer?

Back (Answer)

higher!

#21
Front (Question)

Selectivity in hydrogenation? refers to? - how can you vary selectivity? - selectivity useful today?

Back (Answer)

refers to preferentially hydrogenating more highly unsaturated FA - by varying catalysts/operating conditions - Not in food industry! but useful in pharma

#22
Front (Question)

5 factors that affect reaction rate of hydrogenation

Back (Answer)

• nature of substance fo be hydrogenated • nature and concentration of catalyst • reaction pressure (ie concentration of hydrogen) • reaction temperature • degree of agitation (mix catalyst in solution)

#23
Front (Question)

5 steps in hydrogenation of oils - which are critical steps in controlling degree of isomerization and selectivity of reactions?

Back (Answer)

• transfer and/or diffusion • absorption • hydrogenation/isomerization • desorption • transfer - transfer/diffusion and absorption!

#24
Front (Question)

transfer vs diffusion

Back (Answer)

• transfer: transfer of reactants and products to and from the bulk of the liquid oil phase and outside surface of catalyst • diffusion: diffusion of reactant into pores of the catalyst + diffusion of products out of the pores of catalysts