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Organic Chemistry | 9th Edition | ISBN: 9780321971371 | Authors: Leroy G. Wade, Jan W. Simek
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Rank the given solvents in decreasing order of their ability to dissolve each compound

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Rank the given solvents in decreasing order of their ability to dissolve each compound. NaOAc naphthalene (a) Solutes (b) 2-naphthol ethyl ether water ethanol dichloromethane (c) OH Solvents

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Rank the given solvents in decreasing order of their ability to dissolve each compound. NaOAc naphthalene (a) Solutes (b) 2-naphthol ethyl ether water ethanol dichloromethane (c) OH Solvents

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The names of four solvents are ethyl ether, water, ethanol and dichloromethane. In these solvents the most polar solvent is characterized as water, whereas the least polar solvent is characterized as dichloromethane. The order of polarity of these four solvents us depicted below:

The three solutes are sodium acetate, 2-naphthol and naphthalene. The order of polarity of solutes is depicted below:

 

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