16. Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives

Name alcohol formed when the following ester undergoes a saponification reaction.

Household soap is a mixture of the sodium or potassium salts of long-chain carboxylic acids that arise from saponification of animal fat.

b. Draw the structures of the soap molecules produced in the following reaction: <IMAGE>

Write the formula of the triester formed from glycerol and stearic acid (Table 17.1).