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Why are hydrocarbons generally insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents like carbon tetra chloride and ether?
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∙ 7y ago
Polarity plays the biggest role. Like substances dissolve other like substances. Hydrocarbons (which are non-polar) are soluble in non-polar solvents such as benzene and carbon tetrachloride. They are not soluble in polar solvents, such as water or ether. If you have taken a Biology course, remember hydrophobic vs. hydrophilic.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 10y agoAssuming they are alkanes, they are entirely nonpolar, so they can only be dissolved in nonpolar solvents such as acetone (which is both polar and nonpolar) and hexane.
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What type of solvent are hydrocarbons?
nonpolar solvents
Are chlorinated hydrocarbons found in solvents?
YES! dichloromethane, dichloroethane, chloroform are the examples
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Ionic compounds (like alcohols) are soluble only in polar solvents (eg. water).
What organic compound group are esters in?
Esters are generally studied as derivatives of carboxylic acids
What is the solubility of silicon?
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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.
Why is anhydrous magnesium chloride insoluble in organic solvents?
because of ionic compound.
Why NaCl is not soluble organic solvents?
Sodium chloride is a molar compound, organic solvents are generally not polar. But sodium chloride is soluble in propylene glycol, formamide, glycerin.
Do hydrogen chloride is soluble or insoluble in organic solvents?
Depends on solvent properties: Polar organic solvents can solve high amounts of HCl ( like Ethanol, Methanol, THF, Dioxan) In unpolar solvents HCl have low solubility ( like Benzene, Chloroform, Hexane)
What type of solvent are hydrocarbons?
nonpolar solvents
Why are hydrocarbons important to humans?
Hydrocarbons are used as fuels, solvents feedstock in organic chemistry.
Why chlorophyll is insoluble in water?
It is hydrophobic, which makes it insoluble in water. But it soluble in organice solvents.
Is sodium chloride and other compounds solvents in salt water?
no. water is the solvent as it is in excess. the rest are generally solute.
Which macromolecules are insoluble in water but dissolvable non polar solvents?
lipid
Why covalent-network substances are insoluble in all common solvents?
atoms
What organic compound is generally insoluble in water (hydrophobic)?
mostly all organic compounds are insoluble in water because water is a polar solvent and organic compounds are non polar . non polar substances are soluble only in non polar solvents like benzene etc.
Are chlorinated hydrocarbons found in solvents?
YES! dichloromethane, dichloroethane, chloroform are the examples
