Explain Why 1-Butanol Is Soluble In Hexane

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Part B
Since 1-octanol was the least polar among 3 alcohols used in this part, so it was found to be insoluble in water but soluble in hexane. This was due to the longer chain of carbons makes compounds more hydrocarbon-like.
1-Butanol with intermediate polarity was soluble in both highly polar water and non polar hexane as 1-butanol can be either polar or non polar compound. 1-Butanol was polar based on the general rule of thumb stated that each polar group will allow up to 4 carbons to be soluble in water. Also, 1-butanol can be non polar due to their carbon chains, which are attracted to the non polarity of the hexane.
Methanol was the most polar among 3 alcohols used in this part, hence was soluble in water as both water and methanol were polar. However, methanol was partially soluble in hexane because the Van der Waals interaction between methanol …show more content…

Benzoic acid does not dissolved in water unless the water is hot because the non polar hydrocarbon part outweighs the effect of polar –COOH part as non polar part was hydrophobic. So there was no hydrogen bonding took place and it was insoluble as the final result. Meanwhile, for ethyl 4-aminobenzoate not mixing with water due to greater chain of carbons in amino group makes it less polar than benzoic acid.
When benzoic acid paired with 1.0 M NaOH, it was observed that both compounds were soluble. Upon the addition of 6.0 M HCl into this solution, benzoic acid became insoluble. Benzoic acid was also insoluble in 1.0 M HCl. Ethyl 4-aminobenzoate was found to be insoluble in 1.0 M NaOH and soluble in 1.0 M HCl. But then, after adding 6.0 M NaOH into the test tube C (mixture of ethyl 4-aminobenzoate and 1.0 M HCl), a white powdery solid (undissolved compound) was formed. These demonstrate that both the acid and base became more soluble when they were ionized and less soluble when they were

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