Saturday, 7 January 2017

intermolecular forces - Why does bromine increase the viscosity of olive oil?



Does bromine bond to the carbon in unsaturated fatty acids and break the double bonds between oxygen and carbon? Does this increase the viscosity of olive oil? Could someone give an elaborated explanation?


This question arose from a lab experiment. Viscosity goes up because less double bondings makes the fatty acids more “packable”. But why would bromine want to break the bonds?




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