Question

Assertion (A): Vegetable oils undergo addition reactions.

Reason (R): Vegetables oils are saturated compounds.

Options

• If both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.

• If both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of А.

• If A is true, but R is false.

• If both A and R are false.

Answer 1

If A is true, but R is false.

Explanation:

Vegetable oils are unsaturated compounds containing carbon-carbon double bonds \[\ce{(C = C)}\]. Because of these double bonds, they readily undergo addition reactions, such as hydrogenation. Hence, assertion (A) is true, but reason (R) is false.