3.2.

5 Journal: Intermolecular Forces and You Journal

Chemistry Sem 1 Name: Desmond Jackson
Date: 3/22/23

1. Imagine that you need to take a medicine that the doctor has prescribed for
you. Explain why scientists who developed that medicine would need to know
whether or not the compound in that medicine is polar. How might a polar
medicine behave differently as it dissolved in the body than a nonpolar
medicine would? Answer in 1 to 2 paragraphs. (10 points) Think about how
polar and nonpolar compounds might behave differently in the watery
environment of your stomach or bloodstream.

Polar compounds are water soluble and fail to cross the cell membrane,
compounds that are non polar in nature so they pass through the cell membrane
and enter into the blood circulation of the body and perform its due function.

2. Imagine you're cooking dinner for a few of your friends. You decide to make
a salad with homemade dressing. Why do you need to think about the polarity
of the different ingredients in your salad dressing in order for it to turn out
well? Answer in 1 to 2 paragraphs. (10 points) Think about how polar
molecules only mix with other polar molecules and nonpolar molecules only
mix with other nonpolar molecules.

A salad dressing is made up of an oil-and-vinegar heterogeneous mixture as long

as if it is let to stand it is possible to decant its constituents by density difference,
therefore, we do not mind about the polarity of the different ingredients.
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3.2.5 Journal: Intermolecular Forces and You