Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity (9th Edition)

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1133949649
ISBN 13: 978-1-13394-964-0

Chapter 13 Solutions and Their Behavior - Study Questions - Page 505f: 98

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Along the carbon-chain, octanol is essentially a nonpolar compound analogous to n-octane, meaning that the polarity is concentrated in a small portion of the molecule which translates into a low solubility in water.
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