Chem 336 - Spring 2000
Organic Chemistry III
Dr. Carl C. Wamser

Chapter 25 Homework

Brown & Foote, pages 1026 - 1031 :
Problems 25.2 - 10 , 13 , 15 , 17 - 18 , 20 - 22 , 26 - 30

1. Olestra, a new fat substitute, is considered a sucrose polyester, where the carboxylic acid groups are fatty acids. Write out a possible structure (or look it up). What aspects of its structure are like a typical fat?

It's considered low-calorie only because it doesn't get digested easily. If it were digested (completely hydrolyzed), what would the products be?