Hydrolysis of Esters fats oils and soap AQA A-level chemistry

All what you need to know about ester hydrolysis, fats and oils and how to make soap and biodiesel fuel from esters.
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[@saddahhussin1818]

thank you so much this was the msot helpful video i ever found on this topic

[@ChemMasteryWithDr.Z]

Glad you found it helpful

[@michaelrowland-us3he]

How do you break down the triglycerides into glycerol and fatty acids with hydrolysis?

[@ChemMasteryWithDr.Z]

By heating the triglycerides with sodium hydroxide.(dissolved in water). That will lead to hydrolysis (called saponification in this case) with formation of sodium salt of fatty acid (soap) and glycerol.

[@michaelrowland-us3he]

@@ChemMasteryWithDr.Z I am trying to find out how hydrolysis works in humans when they burn adipocyte fat stores.

[@ChemMasteryWithDr.Z]

Although it’s a biology question but I’ll answer it for you 😊
Fats are hydrolysed by lipases (enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis) in adipose tissues in a process called lipolysis.
Fatty acids and glycerol are then released into the blood stream.
The FA reaches the liver or muscles where they are used to make AcetylcoA and then ATP which are the main source of energy in the body.

[@saddahhussin1818]

@@ChemMasteryWithDr.Z thank you