Bio-macromolecules (2016 VCE) | |
1)The diagram below represents a certain biomolecule. Solution |
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b) This biomolecule can be hydrolysed to form glycerol and erucic acid, a fatty acid. Erucic acid is classified as monounsaturated. Explain why erucic acid is classified as monounsaturated. Solution |
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c) Erucic acid can be extracted from plants. It can react with methanol to make methyl erucate, which can be used as the biofuel known as biodiesel. Write the semi-structural formula of methyl erucate.
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d) Describe one environmental advantage of using biodiesel as a fuel rather than petrodiesel, which is produced from crude oil. Soluiton |
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