polar protic and polar aprotic solvents?

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polar protic and polar aprotic solvents?

how can i state whether a polar protic or a polar aprotic solvent would increase the yield for a given reaction, and why it has the effect it does?

2007-06-19 06:16:34 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Depends on the particular reaction.

2007-06-19 06:28:29 · answer #1 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

a protic solution is likely to give off a hydrogen ion, where as aprotic solution is not likely to give off a hydrogen ion. aprotic solvents lack the acidic hydrogen group.

2016-04-01 05:42:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋