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# Glycerine

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Glycerine is a chemical substance with three carbons, each carrying an alcohol (-OH) substituent.

A byproduct of saponification?, this clear, slippery liquid is produced by hydrolysis? of three ester likages and loss of three equivalents of fatty acid from fat or biological oil.

        H
        |
        |
     H--C--OH
        | H
        |/
     H--C--OH
        |
        |
     H--C--OH
        |
        |
        H

or

        CH2-OH
        |
        CH2-OH
        |
        CH2-OH

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