Chemistry: A Molecular Approach (3rd Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321809246
ISBN 13: 978-0-32180-924-7

Chapter 10 - Sections 10.1-10.8 - Exercises - Cumulative Problems - Page 478: 89a

Answer

The vitamin is water soluble (polar).

Work Step by Step

The structure of the vitamin shows that there are many lone pairs on the oxygen atoms which make the compound very polar, hence it is water soluble.
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