What is hydrogenation? What is its industrial application?
Answer:
- Hydrogenation is an addition reaction in which hydrogen atoms get added across double/triple bonds
- when an unsaturated hydrocarbon is treated with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst like nickel .
- Therefore, hydrogenation converts unsaturated hydrocarbons into saturated hydrocarbons .
- It is used to prepare vegetable ghee from vegetable oils.