Exam 25: Lipids

Which best describes the lipid shown below?

With which of the following reagents would linoleic acid not react?

Which of the terms below best describes biodiesel?

Which of the following is another name for a phosphatidyl choline?

In the formation of a triacylglyceride, what two functional groups chemically combine?

Provide the structure of isoprene.

Which of the following is a complex lipid?

What is a trans fat and how are they usually formed?

Which formula best characterizes hard-water scum?

Using solely a fatty acid as your starting material, how would you synthesize a wax?

Explain which structural features of phospholipids make them suitable components from which to form a lipid bilayer.

Circle the isoprene units present in menthol below.

Which of the following terms best describes the compound below?

A terpene is believed to have one of the structures below. Based on the isoprene rule, which structure is more likely. Explain your reasoning. or

Why do soaps work poorly in acidic water?

Which of the following terms correctly describe(s) the compound below?

Geranial is shown below. How many isoprene units can be found in this compound?

Draw the basic 4-ring skeletal structure found in steroids.

Most of the principal sex hormones in humans are ________.

Provide the major organic product of the following reaction sequence.