32. Lipids

Provide the common name of the fatty acids produced from the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of the following triacylglycerol.

The salt of a fatty acid has its ending of “ic acid” changed to “ate”. Based on this information provide the name of the salt created from the following saponification reaction. 

Propose a possible mechanism for the following reaction. 

An optically inactive triacylglycerol molecule undergoes base-catalyzed hydrolysis to produce 1 glycerol molecule, 1 mole of laurate and 2 moles of myristate. Determine the structure of the triacylglycerol molecule.