Thursday, 20 August 2015

Acetic Acid type of solvent


I want to ask a question about polar/non-polar (a)protic solvents.


The following information was given to me in the lecture hall today regarding solvents in organic chemistry.


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I recall the structure of Acetic Acid as CHX3COOH but surely given the O−H dipole, wouldn't that make Acetic acid a Polar Protic solvent i.e. the H attached to the O−H can be involved in hydrogen bonding?


Am I incorrect in this instance? Shouldn't CHX3COOH be classified as a polar protic solvent?




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