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Fatty Acid Saturated Carbons Hydrocarbon Tail Connected Single

A saturated fatty acid has only single bonds between carbon atoms in its hydrocarbon tail.

Eine gesättigte Fettsäure hat in ihrem Kohlenwasserstoffschwanz nur Einfachbindungen zwischen den Kohlenstoffatomen.

Front saturated fatty acid
Back A fatty acid in which all carbons in the hydrocarbon tail are connected by single bonds, thus maximizing the number of hydrogen atoms that are attached to the carbon skeleton.

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