What is the difference between a saturated and an unsaturated fatty acid?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Saturated fatty acids have no carbon-carbon double bonds in the hydrocarbon tail
- Step 1: The tail of a saturated fatty acid has only single bonds, so it holds the maximum number of hydrogen atoms. Step 2. Unsaturated tails contain one or more C=C bonds. Answer: Saturated fatty acids have no carbon-carbon double bonds in the hydrocarbon tail. Why not the others: that statement describes unsaturated; unsaturated tails still contain hydrogen atoms; phosphate groups are found in phospholipid heads.
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