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Would you expect caffeine to be more soluble in a dichloromethane or in water? Explain the...

Would you expect caffeine to be more soluble in a dichloromethane or in water? Explain the reasoning for your choice of in terms of overall polarity of caffeine.

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caffeine will more soluble in dichloro methane than water

dicholomethane is polar organic solvent

water is polar aqueous layer

caffeine is more polar molecule but molecular formula of caffene is C8H10N2O4

though it is polar because of its high molecular formula it will not soluble in water

so it will soluble in dichloro methane

that why while extracting the caffene we will use dichloro methane

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