Hidrogenasi

Contoh reaksi hidrogenasi adalah adisi hidrogen ke asam maleat, menghasilkan asam suksinat seperti gambar di samping. Beberapa aplikasi penting hidrogenasi ditemukan dalam bidang petrokimia, farmasi, dan industri makanan. Hidrogenasi lemak takjenuh menghasilkan lemak jenuh, dan kadang pula lemak trans.Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 7, p.226 (1990).http://orgsynth.org/orgsyn/pdfs/CV7P0226.pdf.
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