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#ib2014 290.3 Again, how such seemingly small chemical structures like the triglyceride of oleic acid can have such huge impacts!

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#ib2014 287.2 Such far-reaching consequences of soap - beyond cleanliness, caused English Civil War, execution of Charles I - how dangerous!

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#ib2014 284.3 Again, the powers of serendipity at work! - this time, the discovery of soap

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#ib2014 281.3 trade-off: Increasing shelf life of oils by eliminating double bonds change the oils into Trans-fatty acids that elevate LDL

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281.3 A trade-off: Increasing shelf life of oils by eliminating double bonds change the oils into Trans-fatty acids that elevate LDL levels

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#ib2014 278.2 So oils are fats that are liquids at room temperature - (are unsaturated b/c of presence of a double bond) rather than solids

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#ib2014 277.1 What specifically is the difference in the types of fatty acids in fats and oils?

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#ib2014 277.2 Why do almost all fatty acids have an even number of carbon atoms?

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#ib2014 276.2 An example of dehydration of alcohols at work.

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#ib2014 275.3 Is the IUPAC name of glycerol propan-triol?

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#ib2014 273.2 Isn't Democritus the one who initially proposed that atoms are indivisible?

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#ib2014 273.1 No wonder- olive oil has applications in medicine, cosmetics, athletics, you name it!

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#ib2014 No wonder- olive oil has applications in medicine, cosmetics, athletics, you name it!

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#ib2014 271.2 Wow! Olive oil considered more important than water - strong statement!

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#ib2014 69.2 Lead acetate is considered a sugar - where acetate is an ester. What are the necessary criteria for a molecule to be a sugar?

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#ib2014 54.2 What an elegant, exact ratio of C:O:H atoms in glucose (exactly 1:1:2)! - the "ratio of sweetness"

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#ib2014 67.3 What property of saccharin allows it to have no calorific value?

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#ib2014 64.2 Connection to Literature - "bittersweet" is an oxymoron - two contradictory words are placed side by side

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#ib2014 63.3 Are "alkaloids" a type of organic molecule we haven't learned about? What is its characteristic functional group?

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#ib2014 60.1 The two versions of glucose mentioned are geometric isomers: alpha glucose is the cis- isomer, and beta glucose is the trans-