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What do you conclude about the solubility of lipids in polar solvents such as water?
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∙ 12y ago
Lipids are non-polar molecules that DO NOT usually dissolve in water but DO usually dissolve in organic solvents.
Lipids are fat molecule and think about adding eg oil (fat) to water. They don't mix. You always need an emulsifier (eg soap)
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∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoI think you mean the "insolubility of lipids," from which you can conclude that lipids are nonpolar.
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What is the generalization of solubility of lipids?
Lipids are soluble in nonpolar or organic solvents.
What are good solvents for lipids?
Non-polar organic solvents such as detergents (i.e. soap, which is just a salt of fatty acids, and other surfactants), and more powerful chemical solvents such as benzene, chloroform, diethyl ether, or hexane.
Are lipids similar to water molecules?
Lipids are hydrophobic or ambiphilic small molecules. In water, hydrophobic lipids such as oils and fats clump up and separate from the water. In water, ambiphilic lipids such as phospholipids form bilayer structures; the body of living creatures uses these bilayer structures to form cell membranes and vesicles.
Which lipids are polar?
There are 4 classes of lipids. Neutral fats, phospholipids, steroids, and eicosanoids. Phospholipids are polar.
What prevents lipids frommixing with water?
Water is polar, but lipids are nonpolar.
What is the generalization of solubility of lipids?
Lipids are soluble in nonpolar or organic solvents.
What are lipids solububle in?
Lipids are soluble in non-polar solvents
What can you conclude from the level of lipid solubility in organic solvents?
Another term for organic solvent is non polar solvent, because it dissolves non polar molecules. A lipid is also a fatty acid as it contains both a charged polar 'head' and a non polar 'tail'. This polar head will tend to interfere with the tail's dissolving in organic solvents, so the longer the non polar tail [to overcome this] of a lipid the greater its solubility.
What is something with non polar molecules?
Lipids are soluble in non polar solvents
What one of these defines the like dissolves like rule of solubility?
As a general rule polar compounds are soluble in polar solvents and nonpolar compounds are soluble in nonpolar solvents.
How are Lipids made soluble?
Lipids tend to be hydrophobic, that is they "fear" water. they are soluble in oil or non-polar solvents
Is sodium chloride soluble in an organic solvent?
Sodium chloride is ionic and only dissolves in polar solvents- water is excellent. In non-polar organic solvents such as hydrocarbons it is insoluble but in polar organic solvents it has limited solubility, e.g. in methanol and tetrahydrofuran.
Which lipid is soluble in wather?
all lipids are insoluble in polar solvents (Water) by the way . WATER not wather :D ' but lipids are soluble in non_polar solvents such as benzine and Carbon tetrachloride
Different between organic compound from inorganic compound according to solubility?
Yes, many organic compounds are non-polar and they solute only in non-polar solvents. Anorganic compounds are mainly polar and they solute in polar solvents.
What are good solvents for lipids?
Non-polar organic solvents such as detergents (i.e. soap, which is just a salt of fatty acids, and other surfactants), and more powerful chemical solvents such as benzene, chloroform, diethyl ether, or hexane.
How is polarity related to surface tension?
Water cohesion causes surface tension related to solubility. Polarity is also related to solubility in that polar substances dissolve better in polar solvents, such as water.
Is C60 fullerene soluble in benzene?
C60, or buckminsterfullerene, is soluble in nonpolar solvents, including hexanes.In cyclohexane, it has a solubility of 1.2 mg/mLIn n-hexanes, it has a solubility of 0.046 mg/mL
