Based on the answers to parts (a) - (c), explain why cinnamaldehyde is not miscible with water. incorporate relevant intermolecular forces in your answer.

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Roger Burke

20 January, 06:48

Based on the answers to parts (a) - (c), explain why cinnamaldehyde is not miscible with water. incorporate relevant intermolecular forces in your answer.

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Marely Flowers · Answer 1

Based on the answer from question a to c, the majority of the cinnamaldehyde molecule is non-polar and therefore does not mix with water, which is a polar molecule and attracts dipole moments. While cinnamaldehyde contains an OH, a polar molecule that’s able to hydrogen bond, most of the molecule is non-polar, and is therefore unable to interact with water molecules.