Alcohol is an organic compound that has a hydroxyl functional group bound to a carbon atom. A short-chain alcohol have alkyl chains of one to three carbons.
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.
Nope. The aliphatic chain is too long. I just tried it out.
Candlewax or parafin (long chain saturated fat) produces more heat, or stores more energy than a short chain alcohol.
Bombicol is an organic structure that has the alcohol function. So, for this last reason, it's very soluble in water. Its structure has a long hidrocarbon chain. So, it's very apolar. It was the first pheromone's structure established, and this happened in bees. :)
The longer the chain length, the more viscous the alcohol
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.
Nope. The aliphatic chain is too long. I just tried it out.
Octanol is more soluble in hexane because it has a longer nonpolar hydrocarbon chain.
Yes, ispropyl alcohol is water soluble in all proportions.
short chain and unsaturated
Many alcohols are soluble in water because of the -OH group that they all contain. This is the polar part of the molecule which makes it polar and thus soluble in water. The part of the molecule that limits the solubility in water is the carbon chain attached to this -OH group. The longer and more branched the carbon chain, the less soluble it is in water.
Candlewax or parafin (long chain saturated fat) produces more heat, or stores more energy than a short chain alcohol.
The carbon chain portion limits solubility. In smaller chain alcohols such as methanol, ethanol, and propanol the carbon chain has no real effect and such alcohols are water-soluble in any ratio. Most isomers of butanol have limited solubility.
The RNA molecules that attach the amino acid to the protein chain are usually soluble.
It depends upon solvent with respect to water, alkenes are not soluble. Carboxylic Acid are soluble but they become less soluble as the chain length increases due to the longer non-polar hydrocarbon chain which can't form hydrogen bonds with water.
Water-soluble glycerol and short and medium chain fatty acids.
long and medium chain fatty acids and fat-soluble vitamins. long and medium chain fatty acids and fat-soluble vitamins.