Question

What is the hydrogenation of vegetable oils?

Answer 1

Hydrogenation: A reaction in which Hydrogen molecules are added to unsaturated compounds in the presence of a catalyst is called a hydrogenation reaction also it is called a reduction reaction.

The hydrogenation of vegetable oils is liquid at room temperature.

Hydrogenation is a process in which vegetable oils are converted into solid vegetable ghee (vanaspati ghee) by treating with Hydrogen in the presence of Nickel$\left(\mathrm{Ni}\right)$ as a catalyst.

$$\begin{gathered} \mathrm{Vegetable}\mathrm{oils}+{\mathrm{H}}_2\left(\mathrm{g}\right)\underset{\mathrm{Catalyst}}{\overset{\mathrm{Ni}}{\to }}\mathrm{Vegitable}\mathrm{ghee} \\ \left(\mathrm{Unsaturated}\right)\mathrm{Hydrogen}\left(\mathrm{Saturated}\right) \\ (\mathrm{Liquid}\mathrm{state})(\mathrm{Solid}\mathrm{state}) \end{gathered}$$