Question

Name one industrial application of the addition reaction?

Answer 1

1. An example of an industrial application of an addition reaction is the Hydrogenation of vegetable oils using a Nickel ($\mathbf{Ni}$) catalyst.
2. When Vegetable oil is hydrogenated it forms Vegetable Ghee.
3. $$\begin{gathered} {\mathbf{R}}_{\mathbf{2}}\mathbf{C}\mathbf{=}{\mathbf{CR}}_{\mathbf{2}}\mathbf{}\mathbf{\left(}\mathbf{l}\mathbf{\right)}\mathbf{}\mathbf{+}\mathbf{}{\mathbf{H}}_{\mathbf{2}}\mathbf{}\mathbf{\left(}\mathbf{g}\mathbf{\right)}\mathbf{}\underset{\mathbf{Catalyst}}{\overset{\mathbf{Ni}\mathbf{/}\mathbf{pt}}{\mathbf{\to }}}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}{\mathbf{R}}_{\mathbf{2}}\mathbf{HC}\mathbf{-}{\mathbf{CHR}}_{\mathbf{2}}\mathbf{}\mathbf{\left(}\mathbf{l}\mathbf{\right)} \\ \mathbf{Unsaturated}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{Saturated} \\ \mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{Oil}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{Fat} \end{gathered}$$