Margarine has the advantage over butter that it can be produced cheaply from vegetable oils. One major process in the production of margarine from vegetable oils involves:

hydrogenation of unsaturated esters

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dehydrogenation of saturated esters

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polymerization of unsaturated esters

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polymerization of saturated esters

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The correct option is A hydrogenation of unsaturated esters
Hydrogenation is used in the production of margarine from vegetable oil in which double bonds of unsaturated esters (oil) get converted to single bonds.

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