M L asked:
I am interested in the whole process if someone can refer me to a website or some literature. Also, I am not looking for a detailed chemistry answer, just a simple one. Is this something that anyone can do required they have the right equipment, or does it require a chemistry background and setting?
I am interested in the whole process if someone can refer me to a website or some literature. Also, I am not looking for a detailed chemistry answer, just a simple one. Is this something that anyone can do required they have the right equipment, or does it require a chemistry background and setting?
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eric l // Jul 2, 2008 at 10:58 pm
This is how hydrogenation is done. They just do it to soybean oil.
Hydrogenation is a class of reductive chemical reactions in which the net result is an addition of hydrogen (H2). Targets of hydrogenation are often alkenes or imine. Most hydrogenations involve the direct addition of diatomic hydrogen under pressure, often in practice with catalysts. Some hydrogenations involve the indirect addition of hydrogen, these are called transfer hydrogenations.
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