Suppose you have a mixture mostly comprised of saturated fatty acids of carbon chain length C10-C20. Is there a process to convert them to unsaturated fatty acids?

The opposite process is well known. Margarine is produced via hydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids to obtain saturated fatty acids. Is there something like a dehydrogenation process for saturated fatty acids?

If this process is feasible, could it be done in a targeted manner to yield mostly Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids?

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