Fatty acid hydrogenation - Lipid
FATTY ACID HYDROGENATION . Although reactions involving catalytic hydrogenation of organic substances were known prior 1897, the property of finely divided nickel to catalyze the fixation of hydrogen on hydrocarbon (ethylene, benzene) double bonds was discovered by the French chemist, Sabatier (C R Acad Sci 1897, 132, 210 and 1901, 132, 210).
