2007-10-07 18:27:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Thymol is a crystalline substance with one hydroxyl group.
Its an aliphatic, apolar compound, so its not soluble in water.
in alcaline conditions the hydroxyl group is deprotonated and thymol forms the sodium salt. R-O^- Na^+. Due to this ionic binding the thymol salt is soluble in NaOH-solution. (The isolated salt is soluble in water, too)
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2007-10-07 18:53:01 · answer #1 · answered by pyrrol88 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thymol Solubility
2016-12-12 18:04:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not a professional, I'm just reasoning it out here.
Thymol is an oil. H2O won't dissolve it. However, NaOH is acidic(?) and and has lots of electrons flying around and they help dissolve the Thymol.
2007-10-07 18:40:44 · answer #3 · answered by dude 7 · 0⤊ 8⤋
H20 does dissociate in water. It forms a delicate balance due to the following equilibrium reaction: H20 --> H+ + OH- This phenomenon is called autoionization. At any time hundreds of water molecules can be dissociated (I can't recall the exact number). It therefore follows that water is soluble in a solution with itself, although it is commonly used as a solvent.
2016-03-13 07:36:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋