Answer to Question #137973 in Inorganic Chemistry for Michele

Question

Which of the following liquids would make a good solvent for iodine, I₂?NH₃

CH₃OH

HCI

H₂O

OH-CH₂-CH₂-OH

Answer 1

Like dissolves like, so nonpolar solvents such as hexane provide a higher solubility

Answer: in our case, there are no non-polar molecules, so the best one is methanol (about 23 g, $25^oC$ )