Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry II Unit 3 Notes
Fats and Oils
a. Fatty acids– reactions.
b. Hydrolysis, Hydrogenation, Saponification and Rancidity of oils, Drying
oils.
c. Analytical constants– Acid value, Saponification value, Ester value,
Iodine value, Acetyl value, Reichert Meissl (RM) value– significance and
principle involved in their determination.