Is caffeine polar nonpolar or ionic Why do you conclude this way?

Answer 1

In fact you can call caffeine both polar and nonpolar, as caffeine (or 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine) consist of both polar and nonpolar components.. On the internet I've seen a lot of people using caffeines ability to disolve in water as an argument for it to be polar.. This is not a good argument though, as caffeine in fact disolves in oils too due to the nonpolarity which I mentioned..

Answer 2

Caffeine is a polar molecule due to its structure, which contains polar covalent bonds between oxygen and nitrogen atoms. There are no ionic bonds present in caffeine. Additionally, the uneven distribution of electrons in the molecule creates partial positive and negative charges, making it polar.