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Topic: Is there a specific name for molecules that have both polar and non-polar ends?  (Read 3712 times)

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Is there a specific name for molecules that have both polar and non-polar ends?
« on: December 11, 2005, 04:56:57 PM »
hi,
I just had a pretty simple question...brain kind of dying lately.
Is there a specific name for molecules that have both polar and non-polar ends? I could have sworn there was...I just can't remember no matter how hard I've tried. Or maybe I'm just dreaming?!?
Thanks a bunch :)
Ciao :o
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« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2005, 06:24:43 PM »
Maybe you are thinking of amphipathic (amphiphilic)? A molecule with hydrophobic and hydrophilic ends, such as a surfactant.
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Re:Is there a specific name for molecules that have both polar and non-polar end
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2005, 06:49:37 PM »
Yes! That is exactly what I was thinking of!
Thank you so so much...this would have driven me absolutely insane...for such a simple thing.  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  :pirate:
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