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What happens when maleic acid and fumaric acid are hydrogenated?

April 26, 2017acid fumaric happens hydrogenated maleic

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What happens when maleic acid and fumaric acid are hydrogenated?

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When hydrogenated, each of the two isomers forms the same product, succinic acid (butanedioic acid). Why is there only one form of succinic (butanedioic) acid? Succinic (butanedioic) acid is a saturated -dioic acid. It contains no double (-C=C-) bonds.