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Irene

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Capsaicin EtOH solubility
« on: December 14, 2017, 08:20:31 AM »
Hello everyone,

I was wondering if someone could tell me how capsaicin interacts with ethanol?
Which part of the molecule makes it soluble in EtOH? and why it's not so soluble in H2O?

Thanks a lot!!

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Re: Capsaicin EtOH solubility
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2017, 09:25:18 AM »
It is a forum policy (see red link above) that you must show your attempt at a problem before we can help you.  A good place to start is to list out the common intermolecular forces and then see which ones apply in this instance.

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