How many mL of H2 gas at STP would be required to reduce 1 g of olive oil if it were 100% glycerol trioleate?

I found the structure of glycerol trioleate here:


http://newsearchch.chemexper.com/cheminf鈥?/a>


It has three double bounds and three C=O groups. You would need 3*2 + 3 = 9 hydrogen atoms = 4.5 H2 molecules to reduce these.


Therefore you need 4.5 mol to reduce 1 mol of glycerol trioleate.





The stuff has a molecular mass of 885.44916 gram (same page), so we have 1/885.44916 mol of it. Therefore we need 4.5/885.44916 mol of H2. At STP this is 22.4*4.5/885.44916 liter.


After some button punching I get 114 ml.