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Is 1 butanol soluble in hexane?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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13y ago

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Butanol has a short enough aliphatic chain that it is still somewhat soluble in water. As the length of the carbon chain increases, the alcohol would become increasingly insoluble in water and would be better suited for hexane as a solvent.

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15y ago

no it is not soluble in cyclohexane, when you experiment with this you can see that both substances do not mix well together

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The solubility of 1-butanol in water is 90g Butanol / L Water. Butanol, being an alcohol, is slightly polar.

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13y ago

It is not only soluble, the mixture forms a lower boiling azeotrope.

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9y ago

The compound 1-butanol is a butyl alcohol that is derived from butane and has a straight chain of carbon atoms. It is soluble in hexane.

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7y ago

Butanol and hexane are miscible.

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Yes, it is soluble.

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yes it is

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yes

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