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Hi, I had a quick question about hydrophobic and hydrophillic regions on a molecule. I am confused...

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Hi, I had a quick question about hydrophobic and hydrophillicregions on a molecule.

I am confused on how to know if a molecule, which has bothhydrophillic and hydrophobic regions, will be soluble in water ornot? Can someone please explain in clear and simple words, thankyou so much!

For example, in the molecule vitamin A, theres OH group which ishydrophillic but the rest of the molecule is hydrophobic, so howwould I know if the whole molecule would be soluble in water ornot?

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The terms hydrophobic and polar refer to theoverall distribution of charge in a molecule If there are no localregions of high or low electron density in the molecule it iscalled hydrophobic Greek for waterfearing This term arisesbecause hydrophobic molecules do not    See Answer
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