What are triglycerides?

• Glycerol molecule with 3 fatty acid tails

  In a condensation reaction

  3 water molecules are formed

  3 ester bonds between fatty acid chain and the glycerol
• Saturated fatty acid chains:

  C-C bond

  Straight hydrocarbon chains

  Hmp

  
  

  Unsaturated fatty acid chains:

  C=C

  A kink in the hydrocarbon chains